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Mendocino – Day I

Posted in Birding, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Travel, Wildflowers, Wine on 20 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

13 April, 2007 Sarah & I left home at around 9:30, heading north on US101 to Cloverdale, then northwest on picturesque, but extremely windy, Hwy 128. We were both excited to be heading to Mendocino, as I’d only been there as a child, and Sarah never. Along the way we stopped at the Apple Farm [...]

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EA 105 – Field Ornithology, Class III

Posted in Birding, Nature on 17 April, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Another informative class tonight, and I’m glad I missed out on last Saturday’s field trip, since it poured rain and they cut it short after only 90 minutes (Sarah & I were enjoying very pleasant weather on the Mendocino coast . My notes for the evening follow.

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To Mendocino!

Posted in Travel on 13 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’m about to head out the door for a 4-day weekend in Mendocino – hopefully we’ll see lots of wildlife and I’ll return with much to blog about. It’s been a slow blogging week for me since my mother & her hubby were visiting from out of town for 3 days, but I’m sure to [...]

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Peregrine Falcon cam!

Posted in Birding, Nature on 11 April, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Courtesy of a local birding email list, I found a nice webcam on some nesting Peregrine Falcons, who have chosen the 15th floor of San Jose City Hall for their nest: Peregrine Falcon Cam

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Chrissy Field birding

Posted in Birding, Nature, Photography on 10 April, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Since the days are light longer, I swung by the Palace of Fine Arts and Chrissy Field before my birding class tonight. I haven’t birded either place with any frequency, but a recent report of Red-shouldered Hawks preying on Pigeons and Coots at the PFA piqued my interest. No raptors were seen at the PFA, [...]

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