Geotripper's California Birds

Showing posts with label Pinnacles National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pinnacles National Park. Show all posts
Sunday, December 2, 2018

California Condors at Pinnacles National Park

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We had a geology field trip to Pinnacles National Park today. We spent most of the time on the rocks, of course, but I couldn't help b...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Happy as an Acorn Woodpecker in an Acorn Woodpecker Tree (with apologies to Randy Newman)

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Really really sorry, Randy. It just doesn't flow like "Happy as a monkey in a monkey tree", but I kind of think of that song...
Monday, November 21, 2016

California Quail at Pinnacles National Park

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The California drought, five years and counting, has had a devastating effect on the state, but some areas in Northern California were a ...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Wrentit at Pinnacles National Park

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I hope you enjoy this picture, because it was a lot of work to get it! It's my first sighting and first ever picture of a Wrentit ( C...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Bird of the Day: What Else Could it Possibly Be?

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Of course, the Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ). It's native to North America, but is mostly an introduced species in the western s...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Bird of the Day: Hermit Thrush at Pinnacles National Park

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THIS was a hard shot. We were in a deep canyon in the very late afternoon. We were tracking a small bird lurking in even darker bushes. I ...
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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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