The first sunrise of 2017. The view from Lake Mathews in Riverside, California. A seemingly fat and happy hawk overlooking “A” Street / Citrus Heights Drive in Riverside, California. A millipede crossing “A” Street / Citrus Heights Drive in Riverside, California. Hope everyone has a great 2017.
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I have lived in Riverside for thirteen years, and have never visited Fairmount Park in Riverside, California. This past weekend after I dropped my oldest son off to take the SAT, I decided to take a walk around the park. Here are a few pictures: For a minute, I thought this Greylag Goose was going to charge me. He decided […]
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Not being a bird expert, I had no idea what kind of bright white bird flew over my truck a few days ago. After realizing it was hanging around a local storm basin that I drive past almost every day, I decided to try to get some pictures. After a few tries, I got some marginally decent pictures. I also […]
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Ever since we saw the bald eagles at Lake Mathews, my wife and I have been noticing birds. Here are some recent pictures of a few birds near Lake Mathews in Riverside…
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Saw this today in Riverside. Sorry, Mr. Lizard.
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My wife has a knack for spotting interesting birds. In addition to the bald eagles she found a few months ago, she has spotted a tagged turkey vulture and an osprey while driving over the Lake Mathews dam. I had a camera with me yesterday when she pointed out some birds, so we stopped to take a few pictures. We […]
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Driving by Lake Mathews today, my wife yelled, “There they are!” She was referring to the bald eagles we have heard about that nest at Lake Mathews during the winter. Here is the iPhone picture I snapped when we pulled over: We immediately turned around and headed home to grab our cameras. When we returned, we were fortunate that this […]
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We saw these turkey vultures flying over Lake Mathews Dam a few days ago. My wife had her camera with her so we decided to stop and take a few pictures. We were curious about the bird with the wing tag so I consulted google and found a conservation site that had pictures of other turkey vultures tagged with white […]
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