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I saw a fun Youtube video earlier this month that talks about doing a New Year Day bird count – the idea being, for a new year, all your bird counts are reset for the year. Seemed like a fun way to keep birding interesting, so I set a goal to get out on January…
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The wife and I returned to the Bay Area during the Christmas break. We enjoyed time with our families are are thankful for all our blessings. The weather has vacillated between clear and torrid – clear and cold days, I got out a few times. I had the most fun birding with my step-daughter at…
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The past few days, I’ve noticed the Pileated Woodpecker(s) flying back-and-forth over the park. They’ve been noisier and just more active. They typically fly fairly high and surprisingly fast – I’ve taken a few photos of them in flight, but nothing exceptional. I think I’m getting to learn that when they start making noise (…
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I made a trip to the delta to see the annual Sandhill Crane (migration?) Staten Island Road is the place to be for these unique birds. I went with my step-daughter with nervous expectations – we drove quite a distance to see these birds and even with eBird reports for the last week consistently saying…
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We’ve been back in the bay area for the past week and plan to stay for another week; the holidays and family are to be celebrated. I’ve done some local birding and a new favorite of mine, the Ferruginous Hawk (bird #124 for me), has shown up in the front yard. Unfortunately, he picked the…
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Hard to say the winter weather hasn’t slowed down my birding a bit. The hours of daylight is less and there’s been a lot of rain recently. Local residents rain gauge shows a tad over 6″ of rain since September 1st – a lot of rain! I have done some birding – a lot of…
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I got a new lifer today, but the birding has been slow the last week. Lifer #131 – Orange-crowned Warbler I see this guy jumping around in the bottle-brush plant… Merlin Bird ID is saying “Orange-crowned warbler” and I see him and keep thinking.. “Huh, he’s some sort of House Finch or Lesser Goldfinch or…
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In the last two days, I’ve added 3 new birds to my life list and got a better look at an old/new friend First, the new lifers! Lifer #127 – Townsend’s Warbler Not a great photograph – he was pretty far up a tall tree, but I got some nice looks at him thru my…
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Earlier this month I watched a Youtube video by Bob Duchesne talking about what expert birders don’t tell beginners. As a beginner, I’m definitely interested in hearing from experts what I’m missing. But what stuck with me from the video wasn’t what he said I was missing, rather what I have. What I have, he…
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I’ve had a few exciting new finds this month… and one less than exciting. Let’s start with the less than exciting find out of the way – and it’s my most recent. I had been out walking the dog when I heard a large group of geese like birds flying southbound – Merlin Bird ID…
Gualala Birds 