When the chance arose to visit Ano Nuevo Island off of the north-central California Coast to volunteer with my good friend Kirsten Lindquist on another one of PRBO’s projects, I could hardly deny the opportunity. This past Monday and Tuesday (July 17-18), I was able to fulfill my duties as a volunteer, and in doing […]

Well, it certainly has been a while since I have been able to get any posts up, too bad because I’ve had some good experiences over the past two weeks that I’ll have to briefly summarize here.
Some of the better bird sightings at our banding sites included two White-throated Swifts at Redwood Creek near Muir […]

Nearly two weeks ago I did the unthinkable…I dropped my binoculars out of my hands at the height of 4 feet, only to watch them fall onto a hard (but vegetated) ground to hear an odd pop. I quickly put the bins up to my eyes and looked through each eyepiece one at a time. […]