Geotripper's California Birds

Snow Goose ( Chen caerulescens ) with juvenile One thing about having relatives in Oregon is that we get to travel north during the Thanksgi...

My friends in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Canada might not be much impressed by a sighting of a Bald Eagle on the Tuolumne River Parkw...

Sometimes I am reminded that the dinosaurs never actually went extinct. They were decimated certainly, and their present-day species don...

Our trip to British Columbia didn't have a great many chances for birdwatching. Teaching a field course is like that...time after time...

It's summer as of yesterday, and so of course Geotripper and Mrs. Geotripper are on the road to parts unknown. We'll meet in a few...

It was pretty exciting to see a Bald Eagle in our neck of the woods last Wednesday . And I was pretty sure it was a one-time sighting give...

Sometimes a new bird discovery is a quiet affair. The other day, for instance, I saw my first Fox Sparrows along the Tuolumne Parkway Trai...

This might not be the right distance to meet a Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ). I grant you that. But my camera does have a prett...

A unique viewpoint of a Bald Eagle at Cape Disappointment, WA. Photo by Mrs. Geotripper We don't see Bald Eagles ( Haliaeetus leucoc...

We spent part of the weekend out at the coast, but coming home in Bay Area traffic was no fun. As we approached the Great Valley, we deci...

We've never had a disappointing trip to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge between Williams and Willows in California's Great...

It's probably no secret that I'm in Oregon this week attempting to see the total Solar eclipse. Time will tell if we manage to fin...