As the sun was rising, we started our day at the harbor at Half-Moon Bay, ready for a day at sea. The harbor authorities were raisi...

Sunup: we were looking for birds on a small road uphill from Mono Lake. Our first bird was a sooty grouse -- a shy bird that's ...

The gold and silver mining town of Bodie near Lee Vining, California, had a population of 8,000 to 10,000 in its glory days in the 1880. S...

Driving out of the San Francisco Bay area, we birded along back roads. In particular on Mining Road, where we ate at the Junction Café. M...

Our birding tour guides chose Calaveras Big Trees State Park for our morning hike because of the beauty of the trees and the plentiful ...

Today we drove across the San Mateo Bridge and continued eastward, stopping in several parks and at birding sites along the road. At Del ...