Geotripper's California Birds

I enjoy watching birds, but I have a long ways to go before I'm very good at identifying them. There are a great many small birds that...

I don't why this made me think of Thanksgiving, but I was walking out at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge this afternoo...

The Black-necked Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) is more of a tropical species. Their primary range is across Mexico and Central America, b...

Here's a bird that is common across North America. It summers in Canada and the northern United States, winters in Mexico and Central ...

Owls have been frustrating for me. I have yet to see one in my normal haunts on the Tuolumne River Parkway trail, my campus, or almost any...

I don't see rare birds all that often. Call it a combination of inexperience and impatience, and maybe lack of persistence, but I'...

Today's bird is probably well-known to folks in the Pacific Northwest, but the species doesn't live down in my area. The Gray Jay ...