Today Kay had a date with Mary and Fay to visit a show at Cal State Fullerton, so I headed out to Bolsa Chica. I’ve been there plenty of times, but have never really walked to the back areas. Today I did a loop about 3.5 miles starting at the educational exhibit parking lot, walking Read More…
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Lifer # 689 Scripp’s Murrelet
Yesterday I travelled to San Diego to take the birding festival pelagic trip. The primary possibility for an ABA lifer on the trip was Scripp’s murrelet, and we had them many times in great light at close range both on the water and in flight. The trip was overall on modest swell with only moderate Read More…
Upper Santa Ana River
I chased the not-seen-in-a-few-days Tufted duck to the upper Santa Ana River today, in a short outing before getting ready for hosting guests at our place this afternoon. I learned that this river trail goes many miles along to river all the way to the beach! No Tufted duck found, but enjoyed a good walk, Read More…
San Jacinto Wildlife Area
Today Kay, Mary and Fay went to visit Tracy in LA and I gout up early to head east to Riverside County and the San Jacinto Wildlife Area. I beat any traffic and got there just before daylight. This gave me time to review my notes and see the first light of dawn over the Read More…
Out About Sacramento
Today we had the morning to play around before meeting good friends Ann and John at Yolo Bypass NWR for a visit and birding. Since I’ll be spending most of Feb and March in California, I plan to see how many new CA life birds I can find in the state. Today Kay and I Read More…
Kitsap Day with Ken
Today I took a day off from the work on the rental in Tacoma and went to bird Kitsap County with my birding buddy, Ken Brown. We got up early to try for a Western Screech Owl that had been heard on the recent CBC at a local park, only to find that access was Read More…
Finishing Strong: Day 3 Winter E WA Trip
MLK Day in the North Central WA was a great way for Ken to lead the last day of his last field trip as leader the Tahoma Audubon Advanced Birding Class. We started by driving around Omak looking for waxwings and raptors in the city without much success. It seems like the whole area has Read More…
Gog-li-hi-ti: SBGU yes.
Today I finished grinding out a few hours at our Yakima rental painting and before dark stopped to look for the Slaty-backed gull at the 11th Street where everything is different from last year since the old pier and building have been torn down, the parking area paved, and the place the SBGU roosted last Read More…
Yucatan Peninsula
Kay and I spent a week on the Yucatan peninsula from Dec 10-17th. We rented a car an got around without difficulty and after getting in in late afternoon drove to Puerto Morellos and stayed in Amar Inn, a very pleasant B&B small hotel a half block from the beach. I chose this town at Read More…
Great Layover in Miami
I had been planning to use a long layover in Miami, enroute from the Yucatan to Nicaragua to try to pad my ABA list with Common Myna, but luck was favoring me and a Northern spindalis has been hanging out at Markham Park less than an hour from the Miami airport. Kay and I rented Read More…