Half Moon Bay Birding with ABA

Judy and I attended the Annual Meeting of the

 American Birding Association

We "birded" in groups of 20.

Our group leader: Alvaro Jaramillo

 A couple of close-ups.

California Thrasher

Pelagic Cormorant (with a crab snack)

A pelagic boat trip closed the event.

Jeff Gordon, ABA President, welcomed us on the dock.

The seas were rough,

and it rained, but

we got a great look at the Black-footed Albatross.

Cameras: Canon 7D with EOS 100-400 mm L IS and Canon G9

Alaska 1930s - Photos by Bue Kee

Bue Kee with sketch book,
Alaska's Inland Passage (1935)

Bue and his brothers (Ted and Wilson) worked in Alaskan canneries during the depression. 

Hydaburg (1935)

Ketchikan (1935)

Pillar Bay (1935)

Craig (1937) - Wilson & Ted on right

Port Waters (1937)

Deep Cove (1937)

Bue Kee's Art: Small Watercolors

The Three Brothers

Untitled

Near Trinidad

Oswego Lake

Bever Creek

The watercolors ranged in size from 6.5 by 5 to 7 by 9 inches. Many of his works were stolen after his death (some of the unaccounted for pieces are depicted in the photos below).

Stolen or Lost

Stolen or Lost

Rohwer Group Forever...

Rohwer Group:  Bill Rohwer's Research Team

A Skype video call (from a former student having issues with a Ph.D. advisor) reminded me (again) of my good fortune at Berkeley--great advisor and good times with the tribe.

Bue Kee's Art - Chinese Bunk House (at Crissel's Hop Yard: 1918)

Photo taken June 1918

Colorized 

Small Oil

Additional hop farm photos

Historical Note (or how did Bue find his way to a hop farm)

Bue's father, Don Chung Kee, trained with the Peking Opera and worked for the Sun Ning Railroad Company before leaving for Oregon 

at age 16 . He found work with the Southern Pacific Railroad and, subsequently, established the Kee Kee Hand Laundry in Portland. Bue's mother, Jan Dia Hia, was adopted in China and arrived in Portland at age three.  Bue (and his siblings Hong, May, Ming and Ruth) were born in Portland. Dong was offered an opportunity to run the hop farm at the Muecke Ranch (and, subsequently, at the Crissell's). This was a timely move because of concerns about the saturation of laundries, racial tensions and Tong activities. Three additional siblings (Myrtle, Ted, and Wilson) were born on the farm.