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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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May 14, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 15 Lazuli Buntings
I received a request for a private tour from Jennifer for her and her long time work partner Jon, who was visiting from Scotland. I took...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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May 13, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 14, Owl Tour No. 4
I organized a public group with some singles, Kit, Ajinkya, Ashnee and Astrid and her family of 4. We were able to see Dad and Mom...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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May 10, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 13
In response to my Lazuli Bunting Nextdoor post, I received some requests to join me on a walking bird tour to see the Lazuli Buntings. On...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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May 07, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 12, Owl Tour No. 3
This was the day two of the great horned owls came down from their nest, which was very high up in an Eucalyptus tree. I spent 20 minutes...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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May 06, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 11, Owl Tour No. 2
After my initial private Owl Tour with the Stanford professor, I received many requests from my Nextdoor post about that first evening...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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April 29, 2024 - Lazuli Buntings
Every April, the colorful Lazuli Buntings arrive in the Bay Area. This seems to be a target species for all the bird photographers...
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Jul 27, 20241 min read
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April 30, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 10, Owl Tour No. 1
A Stanford professor reached out to me asking me if I can take him to see some owls. I knew of 3 different owls in my area within a 2...
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Jul 26, 20241 min read
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April 28, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 9
I organized a small group tour of four people but two cancelled last minute. This is when I figured out that I need to collect half the...
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Jul 25, 20241 min read
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April 19, 2024 - Bird Tour No. 8
Organized a morning, walking public group tour near Shoreline Lake and the birds were very active so we saw lots of good action. It was...
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Jul 25, 20241 min read
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