Geotripper's California Birds

We saw quite a few species on our short excursions through the California prairie last weekend. As we drove south from the Willms Ranch st...

California has some special landscapes that are not part of the usual tourist routes. One of those unheralded ecosystems is the prairie l...

I don't usually post about the same bird on successive days, but it turns out that Mrs. Geotripper was not with me yesterday when I sa...

Although I no doubt had seen them, I didn't recognize Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) until early last year during my travels thro...

Sometimes you just see odd sights. We were visiting the California prairie a few miles south from where we saw and photographed the Horned...

It's the funniest thing. Once you've seen a thing, you'll always see a thing. Two weeks ago I noticed Horned Larks ( Eremophil...

I saw a bird the other day for the first time. As usual, it's not because the bird is rare, but because I'm not the most observant...

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...