Geotripper's California Birds

It's summer as of yesterday, and so of course Geotripper and Mrs. Geotripper are on the road to parts unknown. We'll meet in a few...

Buffleheads ( Bucephala albeola ) are beautiful little diving ducks that I don't get to see all that often. They aren't all that r...

I'm sure they've been around in the distance these last few years. They are not rare birds, but for some strange reason I never s...

I absolutely love a good zoom lens. At times it allows me to identify an obscure bird from a quarter mile away, but there are other times ...

There's this problem with rainforests and birding. Quite a few bird species can be found there, but the green stuff gets in the way. O...

Barn Swallows ( Hirundo rustica ) are one of the most widespread species on the planet, with a range that includes North America and Eura...

A unique viewpoint of a Bald Eagle at Cape Disappointment, WA. Photo by Mrs. Geotripper We don't see Bald Eagles ( Haliaeetus leucoc...

You go to blog with the picture you have---not the picture you might want or wish to have a later time (extra credit if you recognize the...

We have Dark-eyed Juncos ( Junco hyemalis ) back home in California, but I don't see them all that often. This is probably because the...

I've had some marvelous views of Wood Ducks ( Aix sponsa ) of late on the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail. There are several pairs that h...

Here's a little bird which has never appeared on these pages before. It is a Brown Creeper ( Certhia Americana ) that I saw during my ...

It's almost alliterative, Christmas Crows in Issaquah , but that's the best I can do! I'm snowed in at a hotel in Issaquah, W...

Merry Christmas all! I didn't really expect to have a Christmas bird today, but later on in the afternoon I walked to a park in Renton...

I was privileged to catch sight of some Golden-crowned Kinglets ( Regulus satrapa ) today. We were at Silver Lake in Washington state. The...

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...