Geotripper's California Birds

The Acorn Woodpeckers ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) have been very busy this new year. There is a small colony (four or five) of them on the...

One of the constant joys of birdwatching along the Tuolumne River along the Parkway Trail is the variety of woodpeckers who are almost eve...

I don't know who is responsible for the names of the different flocks of birds, but somehow a grouping of woodpeckers is a "kett...

If they took up residence in my yard, I would probably not like them as much. But they haven't, and so the Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerp...

Really really sorry, Randy. It just doesn't flow like "Happy as a monkey in a monkey tree", but I kind of think of that song...

I was out walking on the Tuolumne River as usual this morning, and saw practically no birds until I finished and had returned to the parki...

Sometimes bird-hunting happens when we're not expecting it. I was briefly in Southern California last week and we were in downtown Hem...

I have such a backlog of bird pictures accumulated in the last three weeks. I've been to the Cascades of Northern California, the Merc...

I've had a few chances to follow the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail in Waterford. It follows the river for about two miles at the point ...

I realize the explanation is a bit more prosaic, but I couldn't help but think that this Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) ...

It's been a while since Acorn Woodpeckers ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) have graced these pages. I see them often, flying from tree to t...

The naming for groupings of birds is a fascinating linguistic affair. Apparently they date from the Middle Ages or earlier . My favorites ...

Sitting for two hours at Chaw'se (Indian Grinding Rock State Park) in the Sierra Nevada near Jackson is to watch a soap opera. Dozens ...