Geotripper's California Birds

I've thought a lot about the fact that I have become "that guy" on the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail. People can see me from a ...

I admit it. I can't resist the Orioles. They are one of the flashiest colorful birds out there right now, and I'm seeing them a ti...

These are interesting weeks in the bird world. As spring ramps up many of our winter "snowbirds" have left, on their way to Arct...

One of the really nice things about walking the same trail (the Tuolumne Parkway Trail in Waterford) three or more times a week is that on...

Bullock's Oriole ( Icterus bullockii ) There is a lot of anticipation in this bird-watching business. You know they're coming, y...

I'm loving the arrival of the tropical migrants in our region. Many are brightly colored, including the Black-headed Grosbeak , the We...

I don't see them often, and generally only at a distance, up in the tree canopy far above. The Bullock's Oriole ( Icterus bullock...

One of the pleasures of the coming summer season is the arrival of the tropical species in our region. Many of them are colorful, and as a...

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

There's this subjective bias that pops up, especially during political years, where the media will comment endlessly about what some p...

Durn it all. While I was busy conducting an outdoor business meeting for our upcoming field studies class, Mrs. Geotripper was serving as ...

Photo by Mrs. Geotripper I'm new enough at birding that this kind of thing can still happen. Mrs. Geotripper and I were in the car a...