Geotripper's California Birds

It's that time of year! We've been visiting the Merced National Wildlife Refuge every couple of weeks, hoping (among many other thi...

One of the wonderful pleasures of spring bird-watching is the possibilities of catching sight of the new chicks. The birds of course go to...

There's a beautiful covered bridge on the Tuolumne River a few miles upstream from my town called the Robert's Ferry Bridge. I...

Just a quick follow-up to my last post ...as always, if a post pictures of a particular bird species, I invariably get better pictures th...

I feel kind of bad for the Great Horned Owls that live along the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail. I've only seen them a few times, and on...

I went out to Robert's Ferry Bridge on the Tuolumne River today to see if the Ospreys had returned to their platform on the south side...

A few weeks back we were taking some back roads to Merced Falls to check on the Osprey nests. It was just a day or so after one of the in...

I've been a little frustrated that I've never seen an owl on the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail in the three years I've been exp...

Owls have been frustrating for me. I have yet to see one in my normal haunts on the Tuolumne River Parkway trail, my campus, or almost any...

Have you ever had a feeling that someone...or some thing ...was watching you? I did the other day at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge. ...

We're at that brief moment in time between the hatching of Great Horned Owl chicks and the leafing out of  the trees in which they bui...

It's been a long time since we've been able to make a birding trip (which I complained about yesterday) but today we had a chance...

We had a long drive home from Oregon this past weekend, but we couldn't just pass up the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge near Will...

It's been a rich week for birdwatching. I made it back to the Tuolumne River after a month long absence, I got out to the Beckwith Roa...

Why do owls seem to scowl so much? In this instance, the reason is clear. Despite being on the road and in our car, the owl was not all th...