Central Valley California
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
I made some changes to my backyard pond this afternoon. Didn’t get any visitors by the shore though. I’ve been seeing a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers in the trees these last few days. This evening I got one to land in the grass for one photo. Hopefully the next few days they’ll come closer and…
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Scared by a Robin?
Yep, it’s true. I’m so used to seeing the smaller songbirds in my backyard blind that I got startled by a Robin! This is my first Robbin of the season and I wasn’t used to seeing them. Needless to say I missed that shot…so what else is new. Saw this poor White-crowned Sparrow with an…
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Merced NWR with Dave
This post is a bit late, but that night I started to get chills/sick, so I went to bed. Anyway, I’m still ‘kicking’, other than a nagging cough (again). Dave Miller wanted to visit the Merced NWR and since I practically live there, well maybe just once a week, I was the unofficial guide for…
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The Day of the Goldfinches
I made a few minor changes to my backyard pond. Some of the birds couldn’t figure out how to come to the water. In the process of trying to hide the plastic, I used large rocks to line it. As I looked at the pond it looked more like a rock quarry than a pond,…
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Orange-crowned Warbler and Friends
I finished my new photography blind and pond/waterfall a few days ago. I’m going to take some pictures and post them at a later time, but I just had to try it out! I was able to capture an Orange-crowned Warbler flying around our Orange tree. They look like a hummingbird at first. It’s not…
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A Nuttall’s Woodpecker and More
Went out to my studio this afternoon even though the skies threatened rain. It never did and I got a few photos of a Nuttall’s Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco in my new waterfall, a juvenile White-crowned Sparrow and a male House Finch. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I plan on making a new photography blind. Stay…
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A Wet & Wild Lincoln’s Sparrow
I spent most of the afternoon just watching the different birds feeding, drinking and fighting. I just enjoyed the show and really didn’t take any pictures. Then I saw a “new” bird, a Lincoln’s Sparrow. I only got one photo last year and never saw it again. This afternoon he (or she) decided to stop…
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Saint Catherine’s Church Revisited
This is the last series of photos from my last trip to Hornitos California. I didn’t plan on photographing this church as I already have a shot from a few years ago, “Saint Catherine’s Church”. But, when I saw the clouds move in, I couldn’t resist…and besides this time I can walk! I sat down…