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Raven

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:20:39 +0000

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At Lower Cathedral Lake in Yosemite National Park, this Raven stayed close to us, hoping for a handout, especially when we were having our lunch. If we moved away from our backpack he was right there hoping to get into it. We didn't give him anything, since that is against the rules in the national parks but we took his photo.

Burrowing Owl

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:10:39 +0000

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The Burrowing Owl, also known as the Shoco, is a small, long-legged owl that lives in burrows it either excavates itself or borrows.

Snow Geese

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:09:04 +0000

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These Snow Geese were photographed in the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge at the south end of the Salton Sea in California.

Burrowing Owls

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:28:21 +0000

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We re still traveling. We left Anza-Borrego Desert State Park last week Thursday and drove to the wildlife refuges on the south end of the Salton Sea. After some really good and authentic Mexican food and a visit to one of the refuges, we camped for night at Obsidian Butte, which more than lived up to its name, the butte formed almost entirely of obsidian, which, for those who do not know, is volcanic glass. The shoreline, which we explored, was littered with huge boulders of obsidian (inset). The high point of the two days, however, was the wildlife refuge, where we saw many different birds including huge flocks of Snow Geese and Pelicans. The stars were the Burrowing Owls. We saw quite a number of these small owls which live in burrows and are usually seen standing guard at the entrance, while driving around the area. We drove on to Joshua Tree National Park and are there now, though we drove out of the park briefly to collect emails. Tomorrow morning we are headed on to Sedona, Arizona, for more hiking and sightseeing.

Verdin on Ocotillo

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:39:05 +0000

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The bird is a Verdin, a species of Tit, and a new siting for me when photographed. It was apparently feeding on the flowers of an Ocotillo when we interrupted its dinner.

Verdin on Ocotillo

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:37:19 +0000

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When we saw this Verdin (a species of Tit) on Ocotillo at the Anza-Borrego Visitors' Center, it was a new bird for my life list. It was apparently feeding on the pollen of the Ocotillo flowers.

Culp Valley Sunrise

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:14:50 +0000

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Camped overnight in Culp Valley in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, we watched the sunrise in the morning before departing.

Trumpeter Swans

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:12:25 +0000

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Trumpeter Swans photographed at the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary near Battle Creek, Michigan, while on an outing with my father.

Trumpeter Swan

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:10:38 +0000

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Trumpeter Swan photographed at the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary near Battle Creek, Michigan - we were there on an outing with my father.

California Condor

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:27:57 +0000

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We saw quite a few California Condors while in Grand Canyon National Park. This was the best photo I was able to get, taken near Pima Point on the South Rim, while hiking the rim trail.

Rainbow Lorikeet

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:00:36 +0000

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Photographed in the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore during a 2011 trip there.

My apologies for the lateness of my posts and comments today.

Red and Green Macaws

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:54:27 +0000

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These parrots were photographed in the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore when we were there in 2011.

Painted Bunting

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:08:50 +0000

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Photographed from a bird blind at Garner State Park in Texas. We were there last spring on our way to Big Bend National Park where we hiked and backpacked with our oldest daughter.

Hooded Oriole

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:08:29 +0000

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This Oriole, too, was photographed from a bird blind in Garner State Park in Texas last spring.

Calliope Hummingbird

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:42:54 +0000

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The Hummingbirds are back! We put out our feeders April one and saw male Calliope at one of the feeders the next day. These are older photos of a male at a feeder, but their return is always a sign of spring. A Calliope Hummingbird is about three inches long (7.6 cm) and weighs about a tenth of an ounce (2.8 g).

Calliope Hummingbird

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:41:52 +0000

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This is a male Calliope Hummingbird, our smallest Hummingbird and this year the first to return in the spring migration.

Great Blue Heron

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:36:50 +0000

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Photographed in the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge in southern California on the shores of the Salton Sea.

Burrowing Owl

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:37:12 +0000

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Photographed in the Sonny Bono National wildlife Refuge at the south end of the Salton Sea in California, these owls, sometimes known as "Howdy Birds," area feature of the refuge headquarters. We were at the refuge on a trip to California that took us around the Salton Sea and to many other places..

Cactus Wren

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:02:30 +0000

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This largest of North American Wrens was photographed at Sitting Bull Falls in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. The inset shows the nest of a Cactus Wren in a Cholla Cactus.

Bullock's Oriole

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:32:12 +0000

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This Bullock's Oriole was a new bird for my life list when we saw it in Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona.