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Last week, DeeDee and I returned to the Bay Area for a couple days to celebrate our granddaughters 5th birthday. Surprisingly (?) while at the party, I got a new lifer – #158 Rock Pigeon. I always re-iterate to my wife that we are sophisticated people and we shouldn’t say “Seagull”, rather “Western Gull” or…
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I just got a new lifer yesterday, but it comes with a bit of a story. My wife and I are eating lunch in our kitchen, when I notice something different about this little-brown bird sitting in the tree with all of the robin’s. We keep a small set of binoculars on the kitchen table,…
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I’ve been a little slow to visit possible birding spots around Gualala, mostly sticking near home. The Gualala Point Regional Park has been about the most ambitious I’ve been, but this year I’ve also started to investigate the “east” side of the Gualala River ( by the campgrounds) and a small little area called Mill…
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My wife purchased me a bird feeder for Christmas. I was pretty excited to get it as I was hoping to be able to see some locals closer up. We celebrated Christmas in the bay area, and returned to Gualala — without the feeder. This was a conscious decision as our home in Gualala doesn’t…
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For 2025, I documented 128 unique species of birds. I’m almost half-way there as of today. Well, my math says 61 is half of 128… 🙂 The idea of re-setting my bird count at the beginning of the year really is such a great mental trick. Suddenly I got excited when I’d forgot to add…
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Well, it’s official. This household now owns a Sonoma County Parks Pass. With it, we no longer have to park in the free lot across the road from the Gualala Point Regional Park – we can now save about 15 minutes of walking and park inside ! The wife and I used to park outside…
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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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