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I started birding after my husband gifted me a pair of binoculars in 2019. I'd go to Descanso Gardens, Griffith Park, Earnest E. Debs Regional Park and one time lugged 2 cameras and binos up the Deer Springs trail on San Jacinto. Got some really great photos of Ravens out there. Now in Pennsylvania birding is more auditory because of all the deciduous trees. But I found it is connecting me more and more to this green land. Also signed up for a Migratory Bird Census a few weeks ago and spent 4 hours to go about 2 miles if that but time flew by. (no pun) :) I miss the west coast birds. Acorn Woodpeckers, California Thrasher... and there was this Steller's Jay by the Ski Hut on Baldy that used to try and score trail mix off everyone. Big Morongo Canyon Preserve was a great birding hotspot too. Oh and the Phainopepla out at the Oasis of Mara in JT. It took me like 4 years to learn how to say that one. LOL
Sounds like a lot of fun! I'm meeting back up with this group in another week or two and looking forward to seeing what it's like on the second run ... and I fully and wholly expect to be sucked into this hobby, too!
I started birding after my husband gifted me a pair of binoculars in 2019. I'd go to Descanso Gardens, Griffith Park, Earnest E. Debs Regional Park and one time lugged 2 cameras and binos up the Deer Springs trail on San Jacinto. Got some really great photos of Ravens out there. Now in Pennsylvania birding is more auditory because of all the deciduous trees. But I found it is connecting me more and more to this green land. Also signed up for a Migratory Bird Census a few weeks ago and spent 4 hours to go about 2 miles if that but time flew by. (no pun) :) I miss the west coast birds. Acorn Woodpeckers, California Thrasher... and there was this Steller's Jay by the Ski Hut on Baldy that used to try and score trail mix off everyone. Big Morongo Canyon Preserve was a great birding hotspot too. Oh and the Phainopepla out at the Oasis of Mara in JT. It took me like 4 years to learn how to say that one. LOL
Sounds like a lot of fun! I'm meeting back up with this group in another week or two and looking forward to seeing what it's like on the second run ... and I fully and wholly expect to be sucked into this hobby, too!