Geotripper's California Birds

Showing posts with label Mojave National Preserve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mojave National Preserve. Show all posts
Monday, June 25, 2018

Even Parasites Need Some Love? Brown-headed Cowbirds at the Mojave National Preserve

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Brood parasite is such an ugly pair of words. Birds who practice this form of raising their young are almost universally hated. That one ...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher at Hole in the Wall, Mojave National Preserve

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Here's a bird I never get to see on the home turf. Black-tailed Gnatcatchers ( Polioptila melanura ) are creatures of the desert sout...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Cactus Wren at Hole in the Wall, Mojave National Preserve

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I was exploring Banshee Canyon at Hole in the Wall in the Mojave National Preserve when I spotted another bird species of the desert, a Ca...

Black-throated Sparrow at Hole-in-the-Wall, Mojave National Preserve

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The hiatus is over for a while at least. I've been on a tough road over the last two weeks, leading (and being led by) students all ov...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Bird of the Day: Sagebrush Sparrow in the Mojave National Preserve

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Today's bird is a totally new one for me, and given the circumstances I'm not surprised that I've never seen it before. It...
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I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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