Geotripper's California Birds

I've been sidelined by the worst cold ever, and haven't been able to see my beloved river trail for several days. Spring has arrived...

You never, ever know what you'll see when you set out on an adventure, however modest. Today I was taking my normal birdwatching/exercis...

This portion of the canyon would be inundated by the proposed reservoir. The Diablo Range is one of the principle "sub-ranges...

You just never know when it will happen. You walk the trail that you've been walking on more or less daily for months, dutifully recor...

I've been documenting the arrival of some incredibly beautiful tropical migrant birds in our region, species like Hooded Orioles, Bul...

The invasion of the brightly colored tropical migrants continues! I had occasion to be in Yosemite Valley yesterday in the midst of some s...

The tropical migrants have been arriving in our region this month. There has been a major uptick in the numbers of brightly colored yel...

It's a real hit and miss proposition. As the summer wanes, I've been walking the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail almost every morning...

It's another case of a bird species being relatively common, but not for me. I saw a Black-headed Grosbeak ( Pheucticus melanocephalus...