In the last few days, Amanda has given me some valuable advice and guidance. Most important, she gently and diplomatically encouraged me to switch from my "custom-built pages" approach to developing my website to the one that everybody else apparently has been using all along.

I'm very happy with how my site is progressing at this point. The new approach is certainly easier and quicker (now and going forward) than building a unique post/page for each species, and it works much better across devices. My BIRDS and BEASTS sections are still the old style, but will be redone today and tomorrow. My BUGS, PLANTS, and PLACES are all the new style. I may be creating too many sub-menu items, but those can always be whittled back if they start to overwhelm the page. (Now... if I can just get rid of that dratted description line under the BUGS button!)

So... huge thanks to you, Amanda. I really do appreciate your help!

Only 1,000 more images to go...    and that's before I take off on a major "shooting" trip this fall.