Monday, November 27, 2017

White-tailed Kite in the Farmlands of the Great Valley

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Sometimes Mrs. Geotripper (well, everybody, really) gently derides me for hauling my camera everywhere I go, and I always say one never kn...
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Friday, November 24, 2017

A Thanksgiving Feast: Ticks on Elk...Brewer's Blackbirds at Dean Creek

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 Well, that was a strange enough sight. We were driving north into Oregon for the holiday weekend, and stopped for a few moments at the De...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

American Pipet at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge

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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...

Showing the Way to a Peaceful Thanksgiving Feast: Great Egret and a Great Blue Heron Share a Space

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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...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Black-necked Stilts at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge

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The Black-necked Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) is more of a tropical species. Their primary range is across Mexico and Central America, b...
Monday, November 13, 2017

A Rarely Seen Sora at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge

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Here's a bird that is common across North America. It summers in Canada and the northern United States, winters in Mexico and Central ...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Great Horned Owl at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge (and a scene worthy of the Exorcist)

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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...