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July 2008 - Posts

• SEOW and why I love Ebird

  Sometimes I make mistakes in the field and every once in a while I mistake a field mouse for a house mouse at a distance, or fail to discern a Dark morphed Swainson's Hawk from a Dark Morph Redtail ( thanks for the help to all!!). Sometimes though I know Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:34 AM by kurtgeiger | 0 Comments

• Accidental Encounters

  I have held fast to my promise to take some time off but I have had some neat sightings.In my backyard yesterday I had one of our familar birds hanging around. One of our Red Shouldered Hawks hung out with me for awhile. We both looked at each other and Read More... Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:19 PM by kurtgeiger | 1 Comments

• The Owls Only Thought They Won

  As my last few blogs explain, I have become a little fixated on Owls. Especially on photographing the SOB's! For more than two months, I have pursued BArn Owls several times a week. A family I have seen now 20 + times and not a single usable picture. Read More... Posted Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:02 AM by kurtgeiger | 0 Comments

• Almost Missed It!!!

  I had a very interesting encounter yesterday. During a family event in Oroville, about 30 minutes from my house, I got the chance to sneak away for a little while. I headed out to Oroville Wildlife Area, state refuge. I got there around 6:00 and went Read More... Posted Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:00 PM by kurtgeiger | 0 Comments

• Outsmarted Again!!

  For the last month I have made frequent trips to the Sacramento River park as I have documented in prior blogs. One of the things that has been really cool and frustrating has been trying to get photographs of a family of BArn Owls. I have seen them in Read More... Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 12:36 AM by kurtgeiger | 0 Comments

• Amazing Creatures!!!

  I must forewarn any reader of this blog, it is long and windy.Writing is a great stress relief so consider this part therapy Though we are currently in a bad stretch financially and gas prices make it hard to get out very often, I have found even short Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:52 AM by kurtgeiger | 1 Comments