
Stories, photography and learnings from a birder in the San Francisco Bay.
Stories from birding in the San Francisco Bay.
California bird and nature photography.














Frog eating herons, a nervous kingfisher and two birds that need to learn the art of peaceful communication - Wool Lake has a lot to offer!
Discovering the world of birds on the big island of Hawaii - from the ocean to the forest.
Dive-bombing Terns, piggy-backing Killdeer and a ‘white-whale’ Harrier! A summary of my favorite photographs and moments from time spent in this unassuming space.
Spring brings a wave of change to our local birding scene, with new arrivals, exciting behaviors, and fresh opportunities for photography. This Spring Birds Checklist highlights the most likely species to look out for in Santa Clara County.
Cormorants. They’re oily, croaky and kill vegetation with their excrement. On top of that, our three Bay Area cormorants look quite similar, making identification a challenge. Let’s dive in and clean up the messy world of Cormorants!
With so many birds to work through, where do we even start? One way of organizing birds on a large scale is what I will call the “banana not-banana” sort. More specifically for birds, the Passerine non-Passerine sort, let’s start with the Passerines!
Hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors, who knew an apartment building would provide such an array of unexpected encounters!