Showing posts with label Yosemite Valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yosemite Valley. Show all posts
Thursday, October 25, 2018

American Dipper in Yosemite Valley

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John Muir said it well: "He is the mountain streams’ own darling, the humming-bird of blooming waters, loving rocky ripple-slopes...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

That Quiet Tapping You Hear? It's a Yosemite Red-Breasted Sapsucker

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It was the quiet tapping that threw me. I was in Yosemite Valley on Friday, leading a geology field studies course. I had a bit of free t...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Black-headed Grosbeaks in Yosemite Valley

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The invasion of the brightly colored tropical migrants continues! I had occasion to be in Yosemite Valley yesterday in the midst of some s...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Surprisingly Colorful Brewer's Blackbird at Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley

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Black is supposed to represent the total absence of color. It's white that can be broken up into the colors of the rainbow and all tha...
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Saturday, April 18, 2015

White-headed Woodpecker: A Western American Endemic

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The White-headed Woodpecker ( Picoides albolarvatus ) is endemic to western North America, found in conifer for...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Birds of the Day: Ravens at the Swinging Bridge in Yosemite

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The Common Raven ( Corvus corax ) is hardly "common". I tend to think of them as rather extraordinary. They are one of the most ...
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Bird of the Day: Raven at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley

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When the human species ceases to exist, I'm pretty sure the Ravens (Corvus corax) will take over the top spot in the world habitat pec...