Today was my last field trip with my Field Ornithology class (they have another next weekend, but I cannot make it), and it wound up being a great walk, with a few lifers. Since I live near Golden Gate Park I bicycled to the Arboretum, locked up, and joined our group at 9. We started [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Birding at Rhododendron Dell & Strybring Arboretum (SF)
Posted in Birding, Nature on 28 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Baby bird-o-rama at Stow Lake (SF)
Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography on 26 April, 2007 | 8 Comments »
For lunch today, Sarah & I got sandwiches in the Inner Sunset and went to Stow Lake to see what birds were afoot. Sarah walks there nearly every morning and has seen numerous chicks recently, so I brought along my camera to see what I could see. Canada Goose gosling A pair of Canada [...]
Mendocino – Day II
Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers on 26 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
14 April, 2007 We awoke early in the morning to pounding rain, which tapered off to a drizzle by the time we got up. Breakfast at our B&B was a tasty buffet of fresh fruit, yogurt, granola, and savory pastries, just my thing! By the time we finished eating the rain had stopped entirely, so [...]
EA 105 – Field Ornithology, Class IV + Bonus birding @ Sutro Baths
Posted in Birding, Nature on 24 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight was the 4th class in the second 7-class series of Introductory Field Ornithology I’ve been taking this year from CCSF. Before class I swung by Sutro Baths to see what was a-wing.As I scoped from the terrace of the baths’ ruins, two women climbed over a barrier, intended to prevent access to the less [...]
Birding at Lake Merced (SF)
Posted in Birding, Nature on 21 April, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Today was another great bird outing with my Field Ornithology class. There were about 25 of us all told (many from the two more advanced classes our instructor Joe teaches), with plenty of scopes to share. It was an overcast day, but stayed dry, and I saw a ton of new birds. We started at [...]










