Tuesday, February 25, 2020

An Irruption of Red-breasted Nuthatches in Modesto

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Well, maybe or maybe not. Irruption is not a terrible geologist misspelling of what volcanoes do, but is instead the rapid migration of a ...
Friday, February 21, 2020

It's Back! Or it Never Left...Hooded Oriole on the Tuolumne River

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Hooded Orioles ( Icterus cucullatus ) are beautiful birds that winter in the tropics and visit our region for the spring and summer, addin...
Friday, February 7, 2020

Preparing for a Long Journey...The Sandhill Cranes of the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge

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These last few days have been truly beautiful in the Great Valley of California. A couple of weak low pressure systems blew out the dust ...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Who Knew a Bird Day Would Have Headlines Everywhere? Happy Superb Owl Sunday!!

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I know today is Superb Owl Sunday, but I was surprised to see all kinds of headlines about it in the newspaper and on the internet. And I...
Friday, January 31, 2020

The "Common" Yellowthroat: Not so common for me...

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Here's one of the prettiest birds one can see in our region, a Common Yellowthroat ( Geothlypis trichas ). But just how common is it? ...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

A Pop Quiz...How Many California Quail in the Picture?

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Just a fun little moment on the Tuolumne River the other day. I was walking on an embankment above the river flood plain and heard some ki...
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Monday, January 27, 2020

I Wonder Why They Call Them That? The Ruby-crowned Kinglets of the Tuolumne River

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Every so often I have to post some pictures of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet ( Regulus calendula ), mostly out of a sense of accomplishment for h...