Wooly Darkling Beetle

Friday, May 9th, 2008


Wooly Darkling Beetle, Eleodes osculans
Bolsa Chica, Orange County, CA, 2008-03-30, dusk

Eared Grebe

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

small pointy billed duck with golden tuft of feathers by ear
Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
Shoreline Lake, Mountain View, 2008-05-06

3 Rules for California Birding

Sunday, May 4th, 2008
  1. If you see a small, non-descript gray bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s a Bushtit.
  2. If you see a medium-sized, non-descript brown bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s a
    California Towhee.
  3. If you see a small, non-descript yellow bird and you don’t know what it is, it’s an Orange-crowned Warbler.

California Towhee

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Perched California Towhee
California Towhee, Pipilo crissalis
William R. Mason Regional Park, 2008-05-01

Are We Deborked Yet?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

I couldn’t figure out how to fix the comments problem introduced by the recent upgrade so I restored the database from backup, and ran the upgrade one more time. There were still a number of error messages:
(more…)