Geotripper's California Birds

The western foothills of the Sierra Nevada are one of the least-known parts of the range. Every year, millions of tourists drive quickly t...

I don't know what it is about springtime (well, maybe I do), but the Western Meadowlarks ( Sturnella neglecta ) are very visible these...

After torturing you with fuzzy indistinct photos of the Burrowing Owl I saw on Sunday in the prairielands, I thought it only fair to shar...

I have a delightful backlog of bird pictures. With my time and attention on a great many other things of late, it's fun to finally wo...

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...

Meadowlarks have one of the prettiest bird songs around. I grew up hearing them on my Grandparent's ranch when I was a child, so whenev...

These Western Meadowlarks ( Sturnella neglecta ) were out and about yesterday at the Tule Elk enclosure at the San Luis National Wildlife ...

On our visit to the Merced National Wildlife Refuge a few weeks ago, we were mostly on the lookout for the big arriving migrants like the ...

The Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta ) has such a breathtakingly beautiful song, but it has some beautiful coloring as well. I was ...

One of the most beautiful of bird songs is that of the Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). I have seen few of them during the winter...