Today was a great day at the Baylands, with one life bird, and several year birds. It was a very low tide when I arrived, and there were fewer than normal birds in the sloughs – lots of diversity, just not a lot of individuals. The egret colony by the duck pond is getting very…
DetailsLast night was the first class of the second half of the 14-class series of Field Ornithology classes I’ve been taking since February. Since the second half is a separate fee from the first, and due to normal class attrition, there were only perhaps half as many people there as there were on the first day of the first half.
DetailsSebby & I had a lovely hike at Edgewood Park with my dad, who recently got the same camera I have (Canon 30D), and was excited to check out its macro capabilities on whatever spring wildflowers we could find. I’m only now getting to post this since I’m behind on editing photos. We did the…
DetailsToday was my 3rd outing with my adult ornithology class, and again we had a great trip and saw many good birds. It was windy and cold at the coast, so we mostly birded from the terraces of the Cliff House since they’re somewhat sheltered. Far off in the sea, visible only through scopes (which…
DetailsI did a short birding walk through the Strybring Arboretum in Golden Gate Park at lunch today, and although there wasn’t a whole lot about, I saw a few nice birds. I saw another Hermit Thrush, my second ever, in the underbrush, as well as a washed-out-looking (juv. female?) Townsend’s Warbler. and a young Hooded…
Details(This is the first of several hike reports and a trip report that I can finally write now that I’ve finished going through and editing the photos I took!). En route to a 3-day weekend in Big Sur for my birthday, we stopped off at Point Lobos State Reserve, just south of Carmel, for some…
DetailsI’m about to head out the door for a 3-day b’day weekend in a yurt in Big Sur, thanks to my wonderful girlfriend Sarah We plan on doing lots of short hikes and lots of not-much-at-all. The weather forecast is 68-73F today through Sunday, so we should have some great wildlife viewing and perhaps…
DetailsSarah & I went for a lovely hike at Butano State Park on the San Mateo coast yesterday. This was my first time at this park since childhood, and I don’t know what took me so long to return! Although a fairly small state park, it is largely undiscovered, and very tranquil. We were initially…
DetailsToday was the second outing with my Field Ornithology class, and we saw some pretty good birds at the Chain of Lakes in Golden Gate Park. Again I didn’t bring my camera since the idea is to learn about birds rather than to photograph them, but this is an area I’ve birded and photographed extensively,…
DetailsThis Tuesday at my Field Ornithology class, I learned of a Bald Eagle cam on Santa Cruz Island of the coast of Southern California! Apparently eagles nested here frequently until DDT drove them away some 40+ years ago. Now a pair is back and nesting again for the second year in a row – check…
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