Geotripper's California Birds

I've had some nice interactions with certain birds of late. Of course the goal in birdwatching is to avoid pestering the birds or chan...

One of the dependable birds that I see on my walks along the Tuolumne River are the American Kestrels ( Falco sparverius ). They are certa...

The American Kestrels ( Falco sparverius ) have been out in force the last couple of weeks on the Tuolumne River Trail in Waterford. I...

If you happen to love American Kestrels ( Falco sparverius ), the last couple of weeks on the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail have been good ...

I'm getting to know this particular American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). It has a favorite perch near the western end of the Tuolumne ...

There were rumors "flying" about in birding circles this week about a Brant that made an appearance at the Beckwith Road viewing...

Lots of travels lately, so I haven't had many chances to explore the river in my own backyard, much less post pictures of birds in gen...

It didn't take long to get distracted from the Hawaiian bird series that I started yesterday. I was on my lunchtime walk around the mi...

Our recent journey through the Colorado Plateau brought us to Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. There was plenty of geology and a...

We took one of our short excursions yesterday, into the low Sierra Nevada foothills near Knights Ferry on the Stanislaus River. The region...

Superbowl Sunday turned out to be a great day for seeing raptors and other hunters at the local bird refuges. I got a few shots of some Am...