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June 14, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 27, Owl Tour No. 15
Private tour with Sunil and his family. The juvenile GHO stayed pretty close to the ground on this tour! All pics shot in JPG since I...
rickwmo
Feb 31 min read
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June 13, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 26, Owl Tour No. 14
Now that calendar season is pretty much over, time to get back to updating my blog! I'm still in June 2024 so lots of updating to do!...
rickwmo
Feb 31 min read
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Ultimate Hummingbird 2025 Calendar
This is most likely my last calendar for 2025 made especially for my mother. I picked all my favorite hummingbird calendars that I took...
rickwmo
Jan 201 min read
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Butterflies and Hummingbirds 2025 Calendar
I received a few requests to create a calendar with some butterflies in it. Butterflies are very difficult to photograph and hard to get...
rickwmo
Jan 151 min read
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Birds of Wickenburg Ranch 2025 Calendar
For the past two Summers, I have jumped in my Tesla with my free lifetime super charging and drove to see my friend Charles in Wickenburg...
rickwmo
Jan 151 min read
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Hummingbirds of the San Francisco Bay Area 2025 Calendar
I know this is the calendar many of you have been waiting for - my all hummingbird calendar! As always, it was so hard to choose but these are my favorite 13 hummingbird pictures I took in the SF Bay Area, including Santa Cruz, for the past year: - 5 Male Anna's - 2 Female Anna's - 4 Male Allen's - 1 Black-chinned The calendar pricing is: - $40 for the medium 8.25x11.5 - $45 for the large 11.5x14.5 My vendor cost is $20 and $28 for the two sizes since I don't order in large b
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Aug 30, 20242 min read
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Owls of the San Francisco Bay Area 2025 Calendar
I've had a great year spending time with the Owls. It was so hard to choose but these are my favorite 13 owl pictures for the past year:...
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Aug 24, 20241 min read
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Birds of the San Francisco Bay Area 2025 Calendar
I'm getting an early start on the 2025 calendar season. i've gone through all my bird pictures for the past year and have selected my...
rickwmo
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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June 07, 2024 - Trip to Wickenburg, AZ
For the past two summers, I've taken a trip to Wickenburg, AZ to see my friend Charles. We play golf and I take pictures of birds on the...
rickwmo
Aug 12, 20241 min read
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June 03, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 24, Owl Tour No. 12
Private tour with Julie, Julie and Marci First Stop at the Red-tailed Hawk nest to see the chick still in the nest. Second Stop = We had...
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Aug 6, 20241 min read
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June 02, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 23
At the beginning of this year, one of my local Menlo Park neighbors reached out to me saying she has enjoyed seeing my bird photos in the...
rickwmo
Aug 5, 20241 min read
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June 01, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 22, Owl Tour No. 11
Public Tour with 6 people - Radha, Betsy, Andrea and Lynne and Dow This was a very active night for the GHO as we saw all 4 owlets...
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Aug 5, 20241 min read
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May 28, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 21, Owl Tour No. 10
We had a lot of good action with the Great Horned Owlets on this evening. And we got to see a Red-tailed Hawk chick for the first time in...
rickwmo
Aug 3, 20241 min read
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May 27, 2024 - Anna's Hummers and Puya Coerulea Bromeliad Blooms
Back in May, I was driving through Ladera and saw these beautiful and unique flowering plants in one of our neighbors front yards. I got...
rickwmo
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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May 22, 2024 - Black-chinned Hummingbird
Every April to June, the Black-chinned Hummingbirds come to certain parts of the Bay Area. I'm only aware of the gardens at the...
rickwmo
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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May 21, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 20, Owl Tour No. 9
Public Group Tour with 5 participants - Ana and Peter, Terry and son Morgan and Nancy. Barn Owl still missing for the 2nd evening in a...
rickwmo
Jul 28, 20241 min read
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May 20, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 19, Owl Tour No. 8
Private tour to see the owls, again the Barn Owl was missing for the 2nd straight evening.
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Jul 28, 20241 min read
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May 19, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 18, Owl Tour No. 7
Public Group Tour with Julian, Karol and Barbara and Alison and Dan Unfortunately the Barn Owl was missing this evening, which is a...
rickwmo
Jul 27, 20241 min read
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May 18, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 17, Owl Tour No. 7
Private tour with Leah, her father Linc and her two young children Stop No. 1 - Female Barn Owl Stop No. 2 - Great Horned Owls (first two...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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May 16, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 16, Owl Tour No. 5
Public Group Tour with Colleen and her family of 4 and friend Diane and Toni and Paul. Western Screech Owl
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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