by jaduffy | Dec 7, 2018 | Birding, Wildlife Photography
I met the TINS (Tahoe Institute for Natural Science) group at Cove East in South Lake Tahoe for a very-well attended walk – about 20 birders were present and in high spirits. This was the last event of the year, so everyone was trying to get a few more birds for their...
by jaduffy | Nov 18, 2018 | Birding, Wildlife Photography
Don and I headed out for South Tahoe on 580. Unfortunately, we discovered the 580 was closed from north Washoe Lake to Carson City. This forced us to backtrack and drive over the Mt Rose Highway to Incline Village and then south on the 28 to 50. In short, we were late...
by jaduffy | Nov 1, 2018 | Birding
Today I drove to South Lake Tahoe to stop at some of my favorite locations and look for more unusual ducks and shorebirds. First I swung by Rabe Meadow, arriving around 9:15 am. The light on the pond was beautiful, and it was just partially frozen. I saw several ducks...
by jaduffy | Oct 26, 2018 | Birding
It’s getting late in the year, and colder now. My goal for today was to find some more ducks. I know I’ve got gaps and am missing quite a few. So I first stopped by the eastern end of the Truckee marsh, parking at Lily Lane to access the wetlands. I ran into my fellow...
by jaduffy | Oct 19, 2018 | Birding
Today I met the TINS naturalists Will and Sarah and a few others for a birding tour around the Boca Reservoir, north of I-80 near Truckee. We started near the Boca dam, and observed some waterfowl from quite a distance. One new bird I saw was the Western Grebe. ...
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