This morning Ashok and I went down to Guadalupe Oak Grove Park in search of Acorn Woodpeckers with bright green acorns. The very first tree we stopped at yielded some excellent photos, particularly this one. They're very cool birds, both visually and behaviorally. The way they carefully organize their granaries is an impressive feat of engineering for a critter with no opposable thumbs, and their coloring makes them irresistable.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Pelagic Trip #1
Today we went on a whale- and bird-watching trip with Doug and Gail Cheeseman of Cheesemans' Ecological Safaris. We won the tickets for this trip as a prize for raising money for Santa Clara Valley Audubon as part of their birding marathon in the spring. The seas were pretty quiet, and the mammals pretty much stole the show, especially the dolphins and porpoises.
More pictures available here.
More pictures available here.
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