Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Some More Spring Arrivals, But These Aren't Migrants: The Babies of CSU Stanislaus

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The babies are everywhere! I took the occasion to wander the campus of CSU Stanislaus in Turlock this afternoon. The landscape includes s...

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...
Monday, April 30, 2018

The Orange Invasion Continues: Bullock's Orioles on the Tuolumne River

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I'm loving the arrival of the tropical migrants in our region. Many are brightly colored, including the Black-headed Grosbeak , the We...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Tree Swallows on the Tuolumne River

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Not all of our spring migrants are orange and yellow. In honor of our graduating students at Modesto Junior College, I offer up a tropical...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Seasonal Explosion of Orange and Yellow: Western Tanager on the Tuolumne River

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I'm posting a fuzzy poorly composed picture of a Western Tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana ) for "Murphy's Law" reasons: if ...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

A Minor Explosion of Yellow and Orange: Black-headed Grosbeak on the Tuolumne River

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The tropical migrants have been arriving in our region this month. There has been a major uptick in the numbers of brightly colored yel...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Green Heron above the Tuolumne River

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Here's a bird that's been a challenge for me to photograph. The Green Heron ( Butorides virescens ) certainly lives along the Tuol...