Geotripper's California Birds

Here's a bird I never get to see on the home turf. Black-tailed Gnatcatchers ( Polioptila melanura ) are creatures of the desert sout...

I was exploring Banshee Canyon at Hole in the Wall in the Mojave National Preserve when I spotted another bird species of the desert, a Ca...

The hiatus is over for a while at least. I've been on a tough road over the last two weeks, leading (and being led by) students all ov...