Geotripper's California Birds

I don't get many chances to see Red-breasted Sapsuckers ( Sphyrapicus ruber ). They live in our area, and I've seen them at Modesto ...

Thanksgiving is not one of the times that I expect to see a great many birds. I'm usually traveling through the Cascades and Siskiyou ...

Some birds might be relatively common, but at the same time they can be very reclusive and hard to see. They can be even harder to photogr...

I saw a particular bird species for the first time on Thursday after hoping to see one of them for years. It was a Peregrine Falcon ( Falc...

Sometimes the birdwatching surprises come when one is going through the archives, and makes a discovery from a couple of years back in tim...

We are on the road again (that's what geo-tripping is all about). We're along the Oregon coastline finding a way to stay cool, and...

I've had a couple of new birds show up on the blog in the last couple of posts, including the White-tailed Kite that surprised me las...

 Well, that was a strange enough sight. We were driving north into Oregon for the holiday weekend, and stopped for a few moments at the De...

It's probably no secret that I'm in Oregon this week attempting to see the total Solar eclipse. Time will tell if we manage to fin...

Photo by Mrs. Geotripper I spent the better part of two weeks in the Pacific Northwest visiting relatives for the holidays, and I knew w...

I don't see Hermit Thrushes ( Catharus guttatus ) very often, and catching photographs of them has proven difficult ( although I hav...

I haven't covered that many sparrows on this blog so far. I'm still pretty new at this game, and have limited confidence when it c...

I guess I have to admit that I like Great Blue Herons ( Ardea herodias ), since they've been profiled here six times now . including a...

I'm sure it's not unusual, but walking along the Siuslaw River estuary on the central Oregon coastline, I was expecting to see all...

There are several birds that I see often but have a hard time capturing in a photograph. The Steller's Jays in the last post are an ex...