Dawn Chorus – Spring Madness in the Sacramento Valley
Spring is bustin’ out all over the Sacramento Valley. We’ve said farewell to the geese, swans, and cranes who spend their winters here. Now, we’ve got our binocs trained on the resident birds showing...
View ArticleArctic National Wildlife Refuge – a photo diary with an action item
On Tuesday morning, I was listening to President Bush’s press conferenceon the radio as I drove to work. He once again had me frustrated that not once in his years in office has he made an effort to be...
View ArticleYolo United (California) – Organized and Ready to Take on the...
Cross-posted at Calitics. This past Thursday evening, nearly 100 Democratic activists got together to kick off the Yolo County Democratic Central Committee’s 2008 Campaign – Yolo United! With the...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: Grizzly Bears Galore
Huh? What, you may be asking yourself, do Grizzy Bears have to do with birds? Well, if you spend any time in southwest Alaska, you are bound to run into a Grizzly or two. Join me below for more about...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Updated with Answers
Today’s Dawn Chorus is just for kicks – and to test your bird identification skills. All of the photos in this diary were taken in or near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, mostly during the month...
View ArticleCitizen Science and the Great Backyard Bird Count: A Recap - Part 2
Earlier this evening, BirderWitch posted part 1 of this series. Please check out her diary for some information and history about the Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by the Cornell Lab of...
View ArticleDawn Chorus Birdblog: Baby, Baby, Baby!
Good morning, Dawn Choristers! I’m sitting in today for lineatus, who is on the tail end of her June Swoon. She’s due back next week so stay tuned. For today’s birdblog, I’ve decided to share a few of...
View ArticleDawn Chorus Birdblog: Mono Lake - an environmental success story
This summer, I visited the Mono Lake area. My last visit to this jewel of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was many years ago – I won’t wait that long again. One of the highlights of our trip was a visit to...
View ArticleDawn Chorus Birdblog: The Salt River - An Oasis in Arizona's Sonoran Desert
Ah, Arizona, you’re breakin’ my heart. You seduced me with your beauty and your free spirit. You’re the keeper of the Grand Canyon and the Sky Islands, truly magnificent jewels among this nation’s...
View ArticleThis land is our land - Colusa NWR and Gray Lodge WA, California
Over the past two weekends, I've spent some time in two of my favorite places in California's Central Valley. Both the Colusa unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Gray Lodge...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: Designated Hitter Edition
Surprise! Good morning Dawn Choristers! I’m sitting in for lineatus today so that she can catch up on some off-line life stuff. I thought we’d have a little fun with bird identification this week....
View ArticleCentral Valley Kossacks - check in
Welcome to the Central Valley (California) Kossacks group! The creation of this group was inspired by navajo's SFKossacks, wherein San Francisco Bay Area Kossacks have a place to talk about topics of...
View ArticleCalifornia CD-03: John Garamendi and "Latinos for Garamendi"
This past weekend, Congressman John Garamendi once again demonstrated to me why we need to have him in Congress representing California’s 3rd Congressional District. He's a target of Republicans this...
View ArticleCentral Valley Kossacks: Let's Meet Up
In yesterday's New Day diary, cooper888 and I came up with the start of a plan for a Central Valley Kossack's meet up. We hope you can make it - please post in the comments if you'll be joining us....
View ArticleCalifornia CD-03: Day of Action for John Garamendi
Come on out tomorrow for a day of action at the opening of the Woodland Democratics Office, satellite office for the John Garamendi campaign for California's Third Congressional District. Garamendi...
View ArticleCongressman John Garamendi Takes on Fox News on Medicare (CA-03)
Garmendi for Congress - Donate - Volunteer Congressman Garamendi on Facebook Congressman Garamendi on Twitter Congressman John Garamendi, who is running to represent California's 3rd Congressional...
View ArticleCentral Valley Kossacks Meet-up: There Will Be Swag!
Yes, it's true. Our Central Valley Kossacks meet up is on the radar at the GOS HQ! Scout Finch has sent a package of Daily Kos stuff to share at next Saturday's event. It should show up on my doorstep...
View ArticleCV Kossacks: Post-Election Meet Up
Did your favorite candidate win? Lose? Come celebrate or commiserate with CV Kossacks! At our first meet up in September, the group decided on November 10, 2012, as our next meet up date. Kestrel has...
View ArticleCentral Valley Kossacks: Post-Election Meet Up – calling for RSVPs!
Greetings Central Valley Kossacks and friends thereof! This diary is a friendly reminder that we will be holding a meet up on Saturday, November 10, 2012.We'll be celebrating wins and lamenting losses...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: Aves do Brasil
Bird 1 - Hyacinth Macaw (ID'd by matching mole) Bom dia! Bem-vindo à Aurora Coro de hoje. As some of you know, I spent three weeks in Brazil in October, specifically in the Pantanal and Cerrado region....
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