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Am I a wildlife photographer or a birder? I find myself falling into the trap of comparing myself to what I see online and feeling like I’m neither. I post many “photos” of birds with my eBird reports; when viewing other eBirder reports, it seems like most people don’t add photos. I know what scrub…
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The other day, I heard some continuous bird chatter that I wasn’t sure I recognized. Merlin Bird ID to the rescue – it was a pair of Northern Flickers yakking continuously. I ended up spending a few minutes trying to locate them when they popped out on the edge of a row of trees. Within…
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My wife is rarely wrong about these sort of predictions – it should give me pause in the future. But what was I to do? I was taking a break from weed-whacking when I suddenly hear an avalanche of geese – cackling geese, flying northward. *”Holy mackeral!” (* not exact words) I said to myself,…
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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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