Monday, October 29, 2012. Keeping track of the eye of Hurricane Sandy. Check it out here! There are pretty ridiculous wind speeds reaching very far out from the eye of the storm. but note how there is very little wind in the actual eye! Thursday, September 13, 2012. Gearing up for my trip to the Azores.

Saturday, October 17, 2015. So the question was, what bird do I try for in between family time and an all day pelagic? The Red-throated Pipits were the closest. But a Pacific Golden-Plover and a Ruff were calling my name too. After being zapped by the sun and humidity I decided to take a nap. I needed my sleep for the 12-hour pelagic the following day.

Amateur naturalists discuss the flora and fauna of the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. Thursday, July 10, 2014. Treasures come in many shapes and sizes, and this one, the shed skin of a backyard lizard, is quite a prize indeed! We found it tucked away in a stack of oak logs that we piled up behind the house and decided to move. Amazingly, the skin is intact, down to the tiny and well articulated feet. How did the lizard extricate itself from the old skin? There is every .

This is a Wildlife Photography Blog. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. I am pleased to announce that Birdland West is moving! We will now be part of the all new alexwashoe. If you have enjoyed the blog, please continue to follow it at the new location. Monday, April 23, 2012. Why do they happen? The House Finch couple are one of my favorites to watch, because they sing to each other. I understand that in most songbirds .

Birding Arizona and North America. Friday, February 3, 2017. Cardinals and Mudflats, Mudflats and Cardinals. Not as immediately recognizable or stunning, but more nuanced and arguably more attractive overall. Look pretty well, certainly better than I did that one fateful and liberating Halloween.

This blog is predominately about camera trapping in California. We camera trap to save our souls and to teach primary school students about biology and conservation. We will also touch on other camera trapping news and musings, sets from afar, mediocre herpetology, sucky birding, and other natural history discussions. Sunday, January 21, 2018. Autumn 2017 will be a time etched in the memories of Bay Area residents.

Take A Short Coyote Survey. Introducing My Coyote Yipps Blog. San Francisco as Habitat and Place. ON COYOTE BEHAVIORS, GUIDELINES and DOGS.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011. World Bird Wednesday XLII- Just a normal week. This was just a normal old week in Northern VA. No hurricanes, no earthquakes, nothing at all. With the end of summer approaching, I thought I would post some of the normal birds that I see nearly everyday here. Sometimes, normal is good. Wednesday, September 07, 2011. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. World Bird Wednesday XLI- Windy Weekend. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Some days when I a.