Showing posts with label Merced River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Merced River. Show all posts
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Living Life Upside Down: White-breasted Nuthatch on the Merced River

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This best picture of the day is courtesy of Mrs. Geotripper Some birds are a real challenge to photograph, for all kinds of reasons. In ...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

American Dipper in Yosemite Valley

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John Muir said it well: "He is the mountain streams’ own darling, the humming-bird of blooming waters, loving rocky ripple-slopes...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

One More Duck, a Scaup...or is it???

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It's another duck for my duck week. This time the picture is not at all very good, but it is a first of sorts. Greater and Lesser Sca...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Ospreys Nesting on the Merced River

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We made a quick afternoon trip a few weeks ago up the Merced River. We hadn't planned to, but we ultimately reached Yosemite Valley as...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Other Bird in the Bush: Ash-throated Flycatcher at Merced Falls

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As I mentioned in my last blog post , I saw and got pictures of two new birds for my life list in a matter of a few moments from the same ...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Surprise! Two birds in the Bush are Worth More Than One in the Hand: Bullock's Oriole at Merced Falls

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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...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

Bird of the Day: Ospreys at Merced Falls

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Ospreys are great hunters of fish. There is a pretty good spot in our area to see them at work. It's along the Merced River near the v...