Each year, around January, I try to visit the Stanford Cactus Garden to see the hummingbirds because they do something very interesting, they collect fibers from the various cactus in the garden, and use those fibers to build their nests. It’s very hard to capture them at this task, as they move quickly and don’t seem to like being observed.
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Winter Birds at Stanford 12/15/19
Gingkos in the Fall in Mountain View/Sunnyvale, CA
There’s a little row of Gingko trees on the border of Mountain View and Sunnyvale- at Middlefield and Central Expressway- and every year for the past ~15 years I’ve been living here, these trees put on a beautiful, vibrantly colorful show during the fall/winter. The golden yellows are beautiful against blue skies or with the right lighting.
Grandma's Hummingbirds
At Thanksgiving- I struck out on any big raptor birds in Oregon, but Grandma has a pair of hummingbirds she feeds year round. They are pretty shy, but I got a few photos of them!
Bird Watching Palo Alto Baylands 11/17/19
Got out around 8am on a Sunday to see if I could see any birds at the Palo Alto Baylands. Saw a sharp shinned hawk, some hummingbirds, a pair of grumpy looking turkey vultures that easily had 5 ft wing spans and let me walk right under them!
