Geotripper's California Birds

Snow Goose ( Chen caerulescens ) with juvenile One thing about having relatives in Oregon is that we get to travel north during the Thanksgi...

Sometimes I am reminded that the dinosaurs never actually went extinct. They were decimated certainly, and their present-day species don...

One of these is not like the others. Can you tell which one is which? The concept of a species has apparently always been a problem i...

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...

The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge preserves wetlands and prairie environments in the northern part of the Great Valley between Willi...

We've never had a disappointing trip to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge between Williams and Willows in California's Great...

Some of you no doubt saw my Facebook and Instagram post of a Great Egret ( Ardea alba ) at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge from la...

Here's a bird that doesn't get very much respect: the American Coot ( Fulica Americana ). After all, what is that we call an ecce...

I've seen the Belted Kingfisher ( Megaceryle alcyon ) a few times on my trail along the Tuolumne River, but they've kept their ...

Photo by Mrs. Geotripper In all of the excitement of seeing the Bald Eagle yesterday , we almost missed another. While we were parked an...

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...