An ongoing blog of my birding trips, big and small (latest entries on top).
September 26, 2020-
Birded the Tahoe Area with Will Richardson, PhD (director of the Tahoe Institute of Natural Sciences) who is very knowledgable about the local avifauna. Unfortunately it was a pretty quiet day (a combination of earlier-than-usual migration and the smoke from the recent fires), but I got a couple of lifers in the Cassin's Finch and the Red Crossbill. I did not get a good enough look at the latter to add it to my list, however (but it was fun hearing it and chasing it for a while).
September 20, 2020-
Golden Gate Park has been a warbler paradise lately! About 12 species of warblers reported in the last 2 days. I was lucky to see 6 on this visit including the MacGillivray's, which is a lifer.
September 18, 2020-
Birded Bodega Bay with local birding guide Daniel Edelstein. It was foggier than usual and we didn't see as many species as we would have liked, but it was still a lot of fun. And I got my life list to over 1000 with the addition of the Calliope Hummingbird and the Pacific Wren!
August 6, 2020-
I got word on an online neighborhood group that a Northern Saw-whet Owl had been spotted north of Bernal Hill (as was a Barn owl 2 nights ago in someone's back yard). I had never seen a NSWO. I went over to the reported location early morning, and there it was- a juvenile sleeping in the tree. After having had my fill of observing it and taking pics, I took my kids to enjoy this rare sight. The images are under NorCal-3 and under Owls.
September 26, 2020-
Birded the Tahoe Area with Will Richardson, PhD (director of the Tahoe Institute of Natural Sciences) who is very knowledgable about the local avifauna. Unfortunately it was a pretty quiet day (a combination of earlier-than-usual migration and the smoke from the recent fires), but I got a couple of lifers in the Cassin's Finch and the Red Crossbill. I did not get a good enough look at the latter to add it to my list, however (but it was fun hearing it and chasing it for a while).
September 20, 2020-
Golden Gate Park has been a warbler paradise lately! About 12 species of warblers reported in the last 2 days. I was lucky to see 6 on this visit including the MacGillivray's, which is a lifer.
September 18, 2020-
Birded Bodega Bay with local birding guide Daniel Edelstein. It was foggier than usual and we didn't see as many species as we would have liked, but it was still a lot of fun. And I got my life list to over 1000 with the addition of the Calliope Hummingbird and the Pacific Wren!
August 6, 2020-
I got word on an online neighborhood group that a Northern Saw-whet Owl had been spotted north of Bernal Hill (as was a Barn owl 2 nights ago in someone's back yard). I had never seen a NSWO. I went over to the reported location early morning, and there it was- a juvenile sleeping in the tree. After having had my fill of observing it and taking pics, I took my kids to enjoy this rare sight. The images are under NorCal-3 and under Owls.