I couldn't resist taking a couple of hours this morning to make one last try for the Nutting's Flycatcher. But I think it either fou...

My sister-in-law visited the oasis today and right away discovered a Brown Thrasher. I hadn't seen that species here since the spring...

For those who are interested in this sort of thing, here are the rainfall totals at CMO from 1998 to present. 1998=  7.20" 1999=12.8...

My plan was to go there and help birders locate the Nutting's Flycatcher and try for a shot of the flycatcher's open mouth. Sounded ...

Until someone mentioned today in a previous post comment about my relict oaks, I had forgotten that I had promised to post photos of ours. I...

Today was an exciting day. Dale Ohl (my sister-in-law) and I rode down to Santa Elena Canyon with Kelly Bryan. We got there early. We were t...

A reader of my previous post asked me some questions about relict trees on my property. So I thought I'd go into a little detail here. A...

I decided to scan some more old photos today and came across this one taken 15 years ago. It's some kind of tree, probably juniper, that...

I'm at the oasis. Got here before daylight, at 10°, took down the frozen hummingbird feeders, and put up warm ones.Was pleased to see ab...

During the 6 days (see posts Dec 1-6) the Violet-crowned Hummingbird was seen at the oasis very few people were able to come see it. One wh...