Geotripper's California Birds

I always seem to have to say that I'm really new at this birdwatching business, even though it's been going on for five or six years...

Really, both of the questions in the title are easily answered. It's called a White-tailed Kite ( Elanus leucurus ) because it has a whi...

There's a semi-precious gemstone called lapis lazuli . It's actually a metamorphic rock containing a variety of minerals, but the in...

  It's been a tough year for blogging about much of anything, but that doesn't mean I haven't been seeing some extraordinary sig...

Few things make me happier than finding a White-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta carolinensis ) on the trail I walk most days along the Tuolumne Ri...

My friends in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Canada might not be much impressed by a sighting of a Bald Eagle on the Tuolumne River Parkw...

  It was the biggest weather event of our year, in which we received about a third of our yearly precipitation in just two days. In the afte...