Geotripper's California Birds

Spring is such a wonderful time along the Tuolumne River as I eagerly await the arrival of my favorite tropical migrants: the Black-headed G...

There are not a lot of places to see Hooded Orioles ( Icterus cucullatus ) in our county in the Great Valley of California. We are pretty ...

Hooded Orioles ( Icterus cucullatus ) are beautiful birds that winter in the tropics and visit our region for the spring and summer, addin...

The other day I posted about what I thought must be the loneliest bird in all of California. There was a male Hooded Oriole ( Icterus cuc...

Today's walk along the Tuolumne River was extraordinary. I got there just as the latest storm ended, so there were no people on the t...

Time passes quickly when you're having fun...or you're traveling thousands of miles. I've been on the road for four of the las...

It's been a week now since I reported seeing a Hooded Oriole in my backyard . It was an astounding moment, being that Hooded Orioles (...

But the second sighting begs the question: "What happened to the first one?" And that's the story of the day. Hooded Oriol...

Some birds just don't want to be found, which is perfectly understandable. But a bird that is as brightly colored as a Hooded Oriole (...

I got what for me is a rare sight on my morning walk today: a male Hooded Oriole ( Icterus cucullatus ). I've seen them nesting in the...

After my unsuccessful attempt at sighting Hooded Orioles in Hemet last week (I found Acorn Woodpeckers instead ), I wanted about the close...

Once you've identified them the first time around, you start seeing them more often. I saw a Bullock's Oriole ( Icterus bullockii ...

The Hooded Orioles ( Icterus cucullatus ) are back. The birds spend the winter in southern Mexico and migrate north to breed. They prefe...

The Stanislaus Audubon Society publishes a guide called "The Birding Sites of Stanislaus and Merced Counties" (available throug...