Saturday, November 3, 2018

A Head-spinning Tale...Do we need an exorcist? A Burrowing Owl at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge

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Tell me when you see it... Do you see it yet? We were out at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge today and Mrs. Geotripper kept say...
Friday, November 2, 2018

Horned Lark near the Willm's Road Pond

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I was on my way to collect some very big rocks today in the Mother Lode foothills when I passed by a familiar bird on a fencepost. It was ...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

A Surprise at CSU Stanislaus: A Red-breasted Sapsucker

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A few weeks ago I was in Yosemite Valley and saw a Red-breasted Sapsucker, and was properly thrilled to get a couple of half-decent shots ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

It's a Snipe Hunt! I Found Mine at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge

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When I was a scout back in another era we often introduced the new guys to our trip by conducting a snipe hunt, chasing imaginary birds w...
Monday, October 29, 2018

The Second Wave Has Arrived, With Harbingers of a Third: The Aleutian Cackling Geese at Beckwith Road

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Momentous things are happening in the Great Valley this month! Wave after wave of migratory birds are starting to arrive at the string of n...
Friday, October 26, 2018

A Rare Visitor to the Region Returns to West Campus: Cassin's Kingbird

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You just never know. One of the joys of my new hobby (well, four years now) is the possibility that any day there can be something new and...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

American Dipper in Yosemite Valley

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John Muir said it well: "He is the mountain streams’ own darling, the humming-bird of blooming waters, loving rocky ripple-slopes...