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2018 Southern Cal
2018-12-22 Christmas Bird Count
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2018-07-15 Sunday At The Cove And Other Places
2018-05 More Moments With Yardbirds
2018-04 A Few Moments With Yardbirds
2018 Remembering My Poway Yardbirds
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2017-10-27 A Week At Southeast County
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2017-06-17~20 Cottonwood Springs
2017 June: Elf Owls In Riverside County
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2017-05-28 Red Hill At The Salton Sea
2017-05-23~27 Horse Thief Springs
2017-05-17 Nesting Season At The Saltworks
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2017-01-17: A Great Day At The Salton Sea
2016 Southern Cal
2016 Final Mojave Excursion: Birds
2016 Final Mojave Excursion: Mammals
2016 – November Birds In The Mojave
2016 November- Rodents in the Mojave
2016-11-29 Tuesday At Cottonwood Spring
2016-11-08~14: Camping In The Mojave
2016-10-30 The Salton Sea & My New Nikon D5
2016 – Early October Camping At Pinyon Wells
2016-10-13 Pinyon Wells Critters
2016-10-07 Joshua Tree Park: Birds Too!
2016-08-30&31 Springs at Santa Rosa Mountain
2016-08-28 Bird & Butterfly Garden
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2016-06-04 I’m Baaaack!
2016-04-05 Heading North (Before I Go East)
2015 Southern Cal
2015-11-14 Miramar Bonaparte’s Gulls
2015-10-31 Salton Sea Southeast
2015-08-19 Saltworks and Shorebirds
2015-08-13 Santa Rosa Mountain
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2015-02-01 Tijuana River Valley
2015-01-27 Tijuana River Valley
2014 Southern Cal
2014-12-19 Santee Lakes
2014-12-08 San Diego Botanic Gardens
2014-12-04 Poway Creek Mergansers
2014-11-30 Birds At Vendel Road
2014-11-30 Poe Road Passerines
2014-11-30 Cattle Call Park
2014 Late November At The Salton Sea
2014 Autumn In La Jolla
2014-10-23 Autumn In Garner Valley
2014-10-21 Poe Road And The Salton Sea
2014 Mid-October At Old Mine Road In Ranchita
2014-09-23 At The San Luis Rey River Mouth
2014 At The Ramona Grasslands
2014 Late July At The Salton Sea
2014 Late June At Garner Valley
2014 Early June On Santa Rosa Mountain
2014-05-22 March Yard Birds
2014 Early April In Tecolote Canyon
2014-03-22 Lincoln’s Sparrows In My Yard
2014-03-12 Mount Laguna & Lindo Lake
2014-02-26 Tubb Canyon Trail
2014-03-05 Birding At Border Field
2014-02-14: A Visit To Chula Vista
2013 Southern Cal
2013-08-23 J-Street & Border Field
2013-08-09 Agua Dulce Again
2013-08-02 Border Field Again
2013-07-24 Saltworks & Imperial Beach
2013-06-24 Tijuana River Valley
2013-06-15 Milk Ranch Road
2013-06-13 Tijuana River Valley
2013-06-06 Clark Dry Lake (Thrashers At Last!)
2013-06-02 Santa Ysabel Reserves
2013-05-29 Palomar Mountain Birds
2013-05-21 Laguna Mountain Birds
2013-05-17 Ramona Grasslands Again
2013-05-15 Tijuana River Valley
2013-05-11 Tijuana River Mouth
2013-05-10 Iron Mountain Blues
2013-05-08 Lake Hodges Passerines
2013-05-03 TJRV Dairy Mart Ponds
2013-05-01 Santa Margarita River Trail
2013-05-05 Nesting at Safari Park
2013-04-29 Coast To Crest Wildlife Corridor
2013-04-27 Borrego’s Clark Dry Lake Birds
2013-04-24 Border Field Sanderlings
2013-04-21 Zoo Safari
2013-04-13 Spring In The Ramona Grasslands
2013-04-04 Imperial Beach Swallows
2013-04-04 Border Field
2013 March In South San Diego County
2013-03-26 Thrasher Hunt
2013-03-24 Surfbirds At The Mission Bay Jetty
2013-03-23 Around Poway
2013-02-15 Balboa Park Flora
2013-01-31 Imperial Beach Hot Spots
2013-01-22 Bayfront Park In Chula Vista
2013-01-20 San Diego Safari Park
2012 Southern Cal
2012-12-27 Margaret Fleming Nature Trail
2012-12-14 Poway Snipe Hunt
2012-11-14 Osprey vs. Ravens in Poway
2012-09-12 Santa Rosa Mountain in September
2012-09-08 Equestrians at Border Field
2012-08-29 Exploring Lake Hodges
2012-08-23 Late Summer On Santa Rosa Mountain
2012-08-01 Lindo Lake Solitary Strike-Out
2012-08 August Yardbirds
2012-06-16 A Pelagic Trip With Dave Povey
2012-06-10 A Weekend in Idyllwild
2012-06-03 San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park
2012-05-17 San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park
2012-05-06 Zoo’s Safari Park Again
2012 Poway Kites In April
2012-04-28 Shameless Zoo Captures
2012-04-24 Chula Vista Again
2012-04 April Stuff In My Poway Yard
2012-04 The 8th and 11th at La Jolla Cove
2012-04-04 Memories of Mussey Grade in Ramona
2012-03-30 Borrego Turkey Shoot
2012-03-24 Poway Downy Woodpecker
2012-03-24 Borrego Springs Hawk Watch
2012-03-19 La Jolla Cove
2012-03-11 Torrey Pines Gnatcatchers
2012-03-02 Cormorants at the La Jolla Cove
2012-02-16 La Jolla Cove
2015-01-27 Tijuana River Valley
2012-02-16 Chula Vista Bayfront Park
2012-07-13 A ‘Ruff” Day At Famosa Slough
2011 Southern Cal
2011-10-13 At The Salton Sea
Northern California
2020-10-17 First Stop, Dirty Socks Spring
2019 Northern Cal
2019-08-20 Tuesday On The Shores Of Mono Lake
2019-08-12 Eureka and Points South
2019-08-12 Day Two in Crescent City
2019-08-10 Crescent City
2019-08-09 Brookings and the Smith River Mouth
2019-07-31 Colusa NWR
2019-07-29 Piedras Blancas Oystercatchers
2017-07-29 Morro Bay
2019-07-28 San Luis Obisbo Guillemot
2019-01-26 Merced National Wildlife Reserve
2019-01-21 Sacramento and Colusa Refuges
2017 Northern Cal
2017-09-20 Santa Barbara and Home
2017-09-17 Sunday in Morro Bay
2017-09-16 San Simeon and North
2017-09-15 Sacramento Valley Trifecta
2017-09-12 Crescent City To Klamath River
2017-07-19&20 Heading Home From The Sierras
2017-07-16 Mammoth Lakes Birds
2017-07-15 Tioga Pass And “Common” Birds
2017-07-13 Eastern Sierra Scenery
2017-07-12 Sonora Pass And Beyond
2017-07-12 Bridgeport Reservoir
2017-07-12 Mono Lake Birds
2017-07-08 Woodpecker Chase
2017-07-07 and 09 Lower Rock Creek
Collisions In The Eastern Sierra
2016 Northern Cal
2016-05-08 Sunday In The Eastern Sierras
2016-05-07 Stuck In Modoc Mud (With a Poem)
2016-05-06 Tule Lake
2016-04-23 Saturday Carson City to Tule Lake
2016-04-22 Friday’s Drive Through The Storm
2016-04-21 Lone Pine and The Alabama Hills
2016-04-20 Dirty Socks Spring
2015 Northern Cal
2015-06-18 So Endeth The Journey
2015-06-17 King City to Morro Bay
2015-06-16 Fort Ross to King City
2014 Early August With Birds at June Lake
2015-06-15 Eureka to Fort Ross
2015-06-14 Oregon Into California
2014 Northern Cal
2014 June Lakes and White Mountain
2014 Early August With Birds at June Lake
2014 Early August Around Mono Lake
2014 Early August With Eastern Sierras Mammals
Oregon
2019 Oregon
2019-08-18 Klamath Basin
2019-08-17 Klamath Veterans Park
2019-08-07 Siskiyou Summit
2017 Oregon
2017-09-10 Mail Boat Ride (Plus Pistol River)
2017-09-09 South to Gold Beach Oregon
2017-09-08 South From Bandon Oregon
2017-09-07 Central Oregon Coast
2017-09-06 Wednesday And Back On The Road
2017-08-31 Abert Lake To Klamath Falls
2017-08-29 On The Road To Malheur NWR
2017-09-01 Crater Lake Trip
2016 Oregon
2016-05-05 Klamath Falls, Veterans
2016-05-04 Wednesday,Turning to Home
2016-05-02 Monday on the Siskiyou Summit Road
2016-04-29 Ken Denman and Touvelle
2016-04-28 Upper Applegate Valley
2016-04-24 Lower Klamath Basin
2016-04-24 Klamath Falls Gulls
2015 Oregon
2015-06-14 Oregon Into California
2015-06-11 Siskiyou Mountains
2015-06-10 Applegate Valley
2015-06-09 Ken Denman Reserve
2015-06-05 Klamath Falls
2015-06-05 Klamath Falls Run
My Stay In Fields Oregon
2015-06-03 Malheur NWR
2015-06-02 Malheur Run
Arizona
2020 Arizona
2020-11-26 & 27 Outside of Pima Arizona
2020-11-16 Monday at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum
2020-11-12 Thursday In Gilbert Arizona
2020-05-27 Arivaca Cienega
2020-05-20 Road From ABQ and Mount Graham
2020-02-27 – Drive from Thatcher to Las Cruces
2020-02-24: Boyce-Thompson Arboretum
2020-02-23 At The Gilbert Water Ranch
2019 Arizona
2019-10-27 Sunday at Arivaca
2019-10-24 Catalina State Park
2019-10-23 At The Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Catching Up With Old Friends
2019-10-16 The Arboretum At Flagstaff
2019-10-13 Cibola NWR
2017 Arizona
2017-08-12 Driving Up The Colorado River
2017-05-04 Arivaca Cienega
2017-05-03 Arivaca’s La Siesta Campground
2017-05-01 2 Days In The Santa Rita Mountains
2017-04-26~28 Mount Lemmon: Sky Island Heaven
2017-04-25 Sabino Canyon
2017-04-24 Agua Caliente Park
2015 Arizona
2015-11-12 Arizona Trip Favorites
2015-10-30 Highway Hypnosis In Arizona
2015-10-29 Arivaca Arizona
2015-10-27 Madera Canyon
2015-10-27 Marana Arizona’s Powered Paragliders
2015-10-26 Tubac Arizona
2015-10-25 Sierra Vista
2015-10-23 Rustler Park
2015-10-22 “Common” Tucson Birds
2015-10-15 Tucson via the Salton Sea
2015-10-18 Mount Lemmon
2015-05-03 Silver Creek
2015-05-02 Havasu NWR
2015-04-28 Cibola
2015-04-28 Bill Williams NWR
2016-03-13 at Bullhead City And The Tamed Colorado River
2014 Late November With Bullhead City’s Deserts And Marshlands
2014-11-25 Bill Williams NWR
2013-08-29 Arizona Trip
2004-06-23 Redington Road
New Mexico
2020 New Mexico
2020-12-25 Christmas at Bitter Lake Near Roswell
2020-12-22 Tuesday At Bosque del Apache
2020-12-18&19 At The Bernardo Unit – Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex
2020-12-17 Wednesday At The Rio Grande Nature Center
2020-12-16 Tuesday Finches at 10,600′
2020-12-09 A Morning in Corrales New Mexico
2020-12-06 Wild Ducks at the Albuquerque Zoo
2020-12-05 Bosque and New Mexico Falconry
2020-11-30 Monday at Bosque del Apache
2020-11-29 Sunday At The Catwalk
2020-05-20 Road From ABQ and Mount Graham
2020-05-15: The Bosque at Tingley Beach
2020-05-12: The Road to Bosque del Apache
2020-03-04 Wednesday At Dripping Springs
2020-03-02 Aguirre Springs In The Organ Mountains
2020-02-29 & March 1 At Mesilla Valley
2016 New Mexico
2016-04-10 Sights South Of Albuquerque
2016-04-08 Hanging Out In Albuquerque
2016-03-24 Upper Gila River to Virden Bridge
2016-03-23 Homeward Past Bosque Del Apache
2016-03-21 Burrowing Owls of Los Lunas
2016-03-20 & 22 Rio Grande Nature Center
2016-03-19 Albuquerque Botanic Gardens
2016-03-17 A Day At The Albuquerque Zoo
Nevada
2020-11-09 Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
2020-11-07 November in Northern Nevada
2017-08-13 Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
2015-05-05 Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
Utah
2017-08-19 Willard Bay
2017-08-17&18 Antelope Island Phalaropes
2017-08-17&18 Antelope Island Swallows
2017-08-17&18 Antelope Island Gulls
2017-08-17 Antelope Island (Part 1 of 4)
2017-08-16 Promontory Road
2017-08-16 Bear River
2017-08-14 Bicknell Bottoms
2017-08-14 Capitol Reef FlyBy
2017-08-13 Zion Drive Through
2015-05-12 Two Days At Bear River
2015-05-10 Two Days At Antelope Island
2015-05-09 Fish Lake Utah
2015-05-08 Bicknell Bottoms
2015-05-07 Otter Creek and Bicknell Bottoms
2015-05-06 Zion National Park
Wyoming
2015-05-22 Teton and Yellowstone Parks
2015-05-19 Moose-Wilson Road Re-Visited
2015-05-17 Moose-Wilson Road
2015-05-18 Jackson to Yellowstone
2015-05-16 Jackson Wyoming
2015-05-14 Pinedale Explorations
2015-05-13 Drive to Pinedale
Idaho
2017-08-21 In The Shadow Of The Moon
2015-06-01 Snake River Birds of Prey
2015-05-31 Bird Island Reserve
Montana
2015-05-27 Bitterroot Valley, Days 4 and 5
2015-05-25 3rd Day In The Bitterroot Valley
Texas
Texas 2021
2021-04-08 SPI Birding & Nature Center
2021-04-06 SPI Reruns
2021-04-04 Continuing the SPI Saga
2021-04-02 Back to South Padre Island
2021-03-30 SPI Convention Centre
2021-03-27 Palmito Hill & Boca Chica Beach
2021-03-24 At Estero Llano, Even Slow Days Are Good
2021-03-26 Sabal Palms Again
2021-03-21 Resaca2mi de la Palma
2021-03-19 Friday Among Sabal Palms
2021-03-16 SPI Convention Centre
2021-03-12 Friday at Aransas NWR
2021-03-10 Wednesday at San Bernard NWR
2021-03-08 Anahuac NWR
2021-03-06 High Island Rookery
2021-03-04 Galveston Boat Ride
2021-03-02 Tuesday Morning At Aransas NWR
2021-02-23 First Time At Quinta Mazatlan
2021-02-28 Port Aransas Nature Center
2021-02-25 National Butterfly Center
2021-02-23 First Time At Quinta Mazatlan
2021-02-21 First Visit To Santa Ana NWR
2021-02-19 Bentsen RGVSP Again
2021-02-16 Bentsen RGV State Park
2021-02-11 SPI Convention Centre and Bahia Grande
2021-02-08 South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center
2021-02-06 Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
2021-02-04 Laguna Vista and Laguna Atascosa
2021-02-01 Got To Get Back To South Padre
2021-01-30 Boca Chica Beach
2021-01-28 Sabal Palms, Ten Days Hence
2021-01-26 A Day at Palmito Hill
2021-01-22 A Day at Estero Llano
2021-01-19 A Day on South Padre Island
2021-01-18 Sabal Palm Sanctuary
2021-01-15 and 16 At Breeze Lake
2021-01-11 Quemado Roadside Birds
2021-01-08 A Visit To Langtry Texas
2021-01-06, Winding Up My Stay in Big Bend
2021-01-02 Big Bend’s Ross Maxwell Drive
2020-12-29 On The Texas Mountain Trail
2020-12-27 Sunday Camping in Guadalupe National Park
Texas Spring 2020
2020-05-07: Texas Farewell
2020-04-17: Feeder Vigil in Brownsville
2020-04-01 April 1st In Camp
2020-03-22 Passing Through Harlingen Texas
2020-03-20 Exploring Laguna Atascosa
2020-03-19 Adios Corpus Christi
2020-03-17 Tuesday After The Boat Ride
2020-03-17 Aransas By Sea
2020-03-16 Aransas NWR Day 2
2020-03-16 Monday Afternoon In Rockport
2020-03-15 My First Day At Aransas NWR
2020-03-13 After 3 Days At The Triple R
2020-03-09 A Whirlwind Tour Of Del Rio Texas
2020-03-07: Bird Adventures In Big Bend
Revillagigedo
2017-02-09 San Diego and Ensenada
2017-02-10 Seafaring South
2017-02-11 Passage to The Rocks
2017-02-11 The Rocky Islands
2017-02-12 Isla Santa Margarita
2017-02-13 Sailing to San Benedicto
2017-02-14 Isla San Benedicto
2017-02-15 Our First Afternoon At Isla Socorro
2017-02-16 Socorro’s Cloud Forest
2017-02-17 Isla Socorro, A Day At The Beach
2017-02-18~19 Isla Clarion By Sea
2017-02-20 Hiking Isla Clarion’s Southern Shore
2017-02-21~22 Clarion to Cabo, And Home
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