Digiscoping

Digiscoping is the act of connecting a camera to a spotting scope to take photos or videos of subjects that may be too distant for conventional camera lenses, or require getting so close to the subject that it ceases the behavior you want to capture.

Unusual Birds for San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

Unusual Birds for San...

Lesser Yellowlegs at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary We visited San...

Unusual Birds for ...

Lesser Yellowlegs at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary We visited San...

A New Bird Species for San Joaquin WS

A New Bird Species fo...

On a routine weekend in late November, we went to...

A New Bird Species...

On a routine weekend in late November, we went to...

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

It’s fall in southern California, so birders keep busy looking...

Yellow-bellied Sap...

It’s fall in southern California, so birders keep busy looking...

Cooper’s Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

A Cooper’s Hawk checks out the Pancake Breakfast At a...

Cooper’s Hawk

A Cooper’s Hawk checks out the Pancake Breakfast At a...

Season of Shorebirds – Summer 2011

Season of Shorebirds ...

The summer of 2011 is shaping up to be a...

Season of Shorebir...

The summer of 2011 is shaping up to be a...

Digiscoping with Zeiss

Digiscoping with Zeiss

Digiscoping with Stephen Ingraham of Zeiss In preparation for the...

Digiscoping with Z...

Digiscoping with Stephen Ingraham of Zeiss In preparation for the...

A Lesser Sand-Plover in Orange County

A Lesser Sand-Plover ...

Lesser Sand-Plover Discovery of the Lesser Sand-Plover Local cell towers...

A Lesser Sand-Plov...

Lesser Sand-Plover Discovery of the Lesser Sand-Plover Local cell towers...

Digiscoping – Is it worth the trouble?

Digiscoping – Is it w...

Ferruginous Hawk photographed without a spotting scope Sunday, I drove...

Digiscoping – Is i...

Ferruginous Hawk photographed without a spotting scope Sunday, I drove...

Of Geese and Men – Winter Geese at the Salton Sea

Of Geese and Men – Wi...

Recently a Taiga Bean Goose joined the winter geese at...

Of Geese and Men –...

Recently a Taiga Bean Goose joined the winter geese at...

Unusual Vagrants in Southern California

Unusual Vagrants in S...

 Unusual vagrants made the first half of November, 2012 extraordinary...

Unusual Vagrants i...

 Unusual vagrants made the first half of November, 2012 extraordinary...

San Diego Longspurs

San Diego Longspurs

Horned Lark, Fiesta Island Recently, we drove to San Diego...

San Diego Longspurs

Horned Lark, Fiesta Island Recently, we drove to San Diego...

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher carrying food During a recent Cactus Wren survey...

Ash-throated Flyca...

Ash-throated Flycatcher carrying food During a recent Cactus Wren survey...