Geotripper's California Birds

Here's a bird that was too successful. This Belted Kingfisher ( Megaceryle alcyon ) hit the pot of gold, enough fish to feed it for da...

Buffleheads ( Bucephala albeola ) are beautiful little diving ducks that I don't get to see all that often. They aren't all that r...

I'm sure they've been around in the distance these last few years. They are not rare birds, but for some strange reason I never s...

I absolutely love a good zoom lens. At times it allows me to identify an obscure bird from a quarter mile away, but there are other times ...

No close-ups of any birds tonight. This is just a very pretty moment on our last night in the Seattle area. We were walking along the shor...

Today's bird is not a regular in California, though it is reported sometimes in the extreme north of the state. The Black-capped Chick...