Geotripper's California Birds

The Bushtits ( Psaltriparus minimus ) are not easy to photograph, in my experience anyway. They are small, hard to see, and they never sto...

I seem to see these birds at one time of the year, as I posted on them last May, and a year earlier in late April. We were at Turlock Lake...

Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched? If you are exploring my part of the world, you may indeed be watched by a creatur...

In my usual life as a geologist and professor, I often describe to my students the secret of mineral or fossil hunting: once you've se...

Right up front I want to say that these are not the best pictures I'll ever post here. They're pretty fuzzy and gray, and that...

We found a new place to search for birds yesterday. We had gone east on Highway 132 into the Sierra Nevada foothills near Turlock Lake lo...