Showing posts with label the pasture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the pasture. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Bird of the Day: The Cedar Waxwings are Back!

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I love the moment when I realize the Cedar Waxwings are back. They are pretty much the most colorful bird that ever visits my home neighbo...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Bird of the Day: Budgerigars in the Pastures!

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This morning's walk had a big surprise. For a year I've been walking around the pasture a few blocks from my house looking for na...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Bird of the Day: Another Foreigner, the Eurasian Collared Dove

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In the mid 1970s , the Eurasian Collared Dove ( Streptopelia decaocto ) was only present in the western hemisphere as a pet.  In Bermuda, ...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Bird of the Day: California's Endemic, the Yellow-billed Magpie

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Today's bird is one of my favorites. The Yellow-billed Magpie ( Pica nuttalli ) is found only in California, mostly in the Great Valle...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Bird of the Day: Killdeer in the Pasture and the West Campus

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The Killdeer ( Charadrius vociferus ) is one of the most distinctive and common birds I see out in the pastures near my house, along th...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Bird of the Day: Nuttall's Woodpecker in the Pasture II

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I was walking around the pasture this morning and the Western Bluebirds were out, hanging around on the fence that surrounds the pasture n...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Bird of the Day: Return of the Western Bluebirds to the Campus and the Pasture!

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One of my favorites seems to have returned to the region, presumably coming down from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. I haven't s...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Bird Watching in (Semi) Urban Settings, Part One: The Pasture

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I don't live in a very interesting place, especially for a geologist. It's a flat valley floor (a corner of California's Grea...