Oakland
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We took a short urban hike around the Emeryville Marina… happy to get our blood pumping before we went to eat dinner! I was hoping to see more birds, but oh well! Hundreds and hundreds of lesser scaup were the highlight of the walk! It can be asy to overlook all of the waders… the…
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White-Tailed Kite
I was stopped in my tracks yesterday at Oyster Bay when I spotted a white-tailed kit hovering in mid-air! I stitched this photo together… it was so cool to witness, I feel so lucky that I got to see it, such a beautifully adorable bird!
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Look Up and Zoom In!
I was leaving work today and heard some bird chatter… had to check it out! Good thing my camera zooms 3000mm because these birdies were at the very top of the trees. They looked like blackbirds from the ground, but when I zoomed in, I was pleasantly surprised to see they were starlings!!
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Afternoon Birding at Elsie Roemer
I had to go back to the bird sanctuary during the day since it was so cloudy over the weekend, so I stopped by on my way home from work. It’s just so crazy that it’s about a 1-minute detour from my route home, and even just going there for 15 minutes has really helped…
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First Visit to Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary
We stopped by the Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary at the end of Alameda Beach over the weekend, hung out on the birding deck. I didn’t have too much time, and it was super overcast and gray, but 30 minutes was enough to see a great diversity of birds! Couldn’t help myself but bring along my…
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Evening Walk at Arrowhead
I stopped by Arrowhead Marsh on my way home from work the other day, it was my first time visiting just before sunset. I was excited to see if there would be different birds. It was most of the usual suspects, but I had a very magical walk… all of this in less than an…
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No Owls Today!
We took a walk at Cesar Chavez Park today because I read this interesting article online about the burrowing owls and I wanted to go check it out. I hadn’t been there since I used to have my dog so it was nostalgic and brought back a lot of memories. It was nearly dark, gray,…
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Surprises at Lake Temescal!
Squeezed in a quick walk around Lake Temescal over the weekend, it was super overcast when we started, but ended with the sun coming out. We started on the lower trail and only spotted two ducks. I talked to another hiker, and he said that they had just restocked the lake with fish, and that…
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Morning at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
This site is giving me a reason to a) lean in more intentionally on my love of photography, b) push me outdoors to explore new places, and c) allow me to bring my kid along to share these experiences, so with that said we did drove over in the earlyish morning (9am?) to take a…
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18 Bird Species at Arrowhead Marsh!
I visited Arrowhead Marsh for the first time this weekend, it was amazing! I highly recommend a visit if you haven’t been. I have been living in Oakland for 18 years and had never heard of it until I googled some bird-friendly places to visit! It’s right over by the airport, nestled between Oakland and…