Next I headed over to the central California coast—Monterey Bay and Morro Bay, with Big Sur in between, and down south to Santa Barbara. Natural bridges, sheer cliffs, crashing waves, spectacular vistas, and miles of open coastline to take it…
Lake Isabela/southern Sierra Nevada, July 22 – 24
My first stop was the Lake Isabela area of the southern Sierra Nevada. The Kern River is a beautiful valley with several riparian wildlife preserves upstream of the lake, and flanked by 7000 ft. mountains in the southern Sierra. A…
California – July/August ’26
Despite having visited many times, I had never gone birding in California—a state brimming with potential lifers. Summer may not be the ideal season for birding there, but it was the time I had available, and it turned out to…