our kids were spending the weekend with my folks so the wife and I headed up to Lassen Park to escape the 100 degree heat in the valley. He saw some cool stuff Osprey, Steller's Jays, American Robin, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Black Backed Woodpecker, Ravens, Cliff Swallow, some of the largest insects I have ever seen, Douglas Squirrel, Mule Deer, Pika, Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel, and LEast Chipmunk. We also saw our first Clark's Nutcracker and Calliope Hummingbirds. My wife took some amazing pictures but then somehow deleted the entire batch. We also spent 30 minutes hiding under a tree from a freak summer hail storm! All and all, a great day.
Today after we picked the kids up we stopped by the Sutter NWR and saw Red-tailed Hawks, Red Winged Blackbirds, Crows, Sparrows, Great Blue HEron, Great Egret, Killdeer and another new bird, Black Tern. Another great day.
