Sunday, January 31, 2016

Mute Swans and Clearing Storm at Dawson Lake, Sierra Foothills

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Another storm came through this morning, one of half a dozen this month that have dropped five inches of rain on the valley floor. That...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Sandhill Cranes at the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge (and an unwelcome visitor)

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One of the finest moments of my day comes on Tuesdays when I have a spare hour between the end of a lab and evening office hours. The Beck...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

Greater White-fronted Geese and Friends at the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge

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Greater White-fronted Geese at the San Joaquin NWR Between storms this week, I made the drive out to the viewing platform on Beckwith Ro...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Cooper's Hawk on the Tuolumne River Parkway Trail

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The press of a new semester and other complications have kept the birding expeditions to a minimum of late, but I got down to the Tuolumne...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

Birds of MJC: A Bevy of Bluebirds

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Happy New Year! May you be blessed by the Bluebird of Happiness this year! It's taken a long time to post my first birds of the new...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Sometimes Only For a Moment: Cedar Waxwings in the Backyard

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Sometimes you only get the shortest moment. I was sitting in the backyard watching some small birds flitting among the branches when a s...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Spotted Towhee on the Tuolumne River Parkway

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Spottted Towhees ( Pipilo maculatus ) are another of those birds that drive me nuts by being hard to photograph. I've seen a fair numb...