Geotripper's California Birds

The birds of summer have been active in our backyard, letting us know in no uncertain terms when the food offerings are running low. The hum...

Our local environment hosts around five species of hummingbirds, although the Calliope or Costa's Hummingbirds have rarely been sighte...

One day, I'll get the perfect picture of the Anna's Hummingbird ( Calypte anna ). I know it's possible because Mrs. Geotripper...

We've completed our Thanksgiving journeys through Northern California and Oregon, and we made our traditional stop at the Sacramento N...

The biggest storm of the last three or four years arrived today with heavy winds and buckets of rain. There is flooding in the Bay Area...

Digging into the archives today, I came across what I feel is the finest picture of a bird taken by a member of my household, and it wasn...

I saw some new bird species over the weekend, but I haven't processed the pictures yet (yesterday's Sage Thrasher was the excepti...