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A non-too-friendly encounter between a Red-shouldered Hawk and California's endemic Yellow-billed Magpie. The hawk was a bit too close...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...A non-too-friendly encounter between a Red-shouldered Hawk and California's endemic Yellow-billed Magpie. The hawk was a bit too close to a nest along the Tuolumne River upstream of Modesto. #birds
28.4.2025 08:07A non-too-friendly encounter between a Red-shouldered Hawk and California's endemic Yellow-billed Magpie. The hawk was a bit too close...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
Some owlets on the California prairie east of Modesto. It's that time of year!
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...Some owlets on the California prairie east of Modesto. It's that time of year!
25.4.2025 18:42Some owlets on the California prairie east of Modesto. It's that time of year!https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-most-extraordinary-landscape-on.html Have you wished you could explore the Colorado Plateau? ...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-most-extraordinary-landscape-on.html Have you wished you could explore the Colorado Plateau? Grand Canyon, Zion Bryce, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and many others! June 3-17, through Modesto Junior College. Check the link about tonight's informational meeting.
21.4.2025 22:52https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-most-extraordinary-landscape-on.html Have you wished you could explore the Colorado Plateau? ...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2013/12/inside-biggest-cavern-opening-in.html Yesterday's geotrip. Seen bumper stickers about Moaning...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2013/12/inside-biggest-cavern-opening-in.html Yesterday's geotrip. Seen bumper stickers about Moaning Cavern? It's the largest accessible room in a cave in the state, more than 180' feet high. Only way in or out is a spiral staircase made of scrap iron of a WWI ship. Link for details from earlier trip)!
21.4.2025 06:52https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2013/12/inside-biggest-cavern-opening-in.html Yesterday's geotrip. Seen bumper stickers about Moaning...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
Catching up with last week's exploration of Yosemite Valley with my students.
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...Catching up with last week's exploration of Yosemite Valley with my students.
19.4.2025 20:45Catching up with last week's exploration of Yosemite Valley with my students.https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
We stopped at the Bear Creek Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge yesterday hoping to see some Yellow-headed Blackbirds. We...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...We stopped at the Bear Creek Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge yesterday hoping to see some Yellow-headed Blackbirds. We weren't disappointed! There were nearly a dozen! #birds
15.4.2025 21:44We stopped at the Bear Creek Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge yesterday hoping to see some Yellow-headed Blackbirds. We...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/geologyfieldstudies If you have a few extra dollars, could you consider helping out my students afford our...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://secure.qgiv.com/for/geologyfieldstudies If you have a few extra dollars, could you consider helping out my students afford our summer field studies course to the Colorado Plateau? They've worked hard all year to raise funds but struggle to cover the fees and the two weeks of work they miss. Thanks so much!
13.4.2025 04:41https://secure.qgiv.com/for/geologyfieldstudies If you have a few extra dollars, could you consider helping out my students afford our...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/do-you-think-you-know-highest-waterfall.html Do you think you know the name of the highest waterfall...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/do-you-think-you-know-highest-waterfall.html Do you think you know the name of the highest waterfall in Yosemite Valley? You could be wrong! Check out the highest waterfall that hardly anyone knows. #yosemite
12.4.2025 23:35https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/do-you-think-you-know-highest-waterfall.html Do you think you know the name of the highest waterfall...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-most-extraordinary-landscape-on.html If you are curious about geology and the dramatic story...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-most-extraordinary-landscape-on.html If you are curious about geology and the dramatic story behind one of the grandest landscapes on planet Earth, consider joining us at the School of Rock! #geology
9.4.2025 05:43https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-most-extraordinary-landscape-on.html If you are curious about geology and the dramatic story...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://commoninja.site/7b923c97-3e3a-45b5-ba91-279edb84c922?utm_source=Organic&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=GCTO We are losing to...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://commoninja.site/7b923c97-3e3a-45b5-ba91-279edb84c922?utm_source=Organic&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=GCTO We are losing to UC Davis! You can vote for our Geology Club T-shirt design to win a prize at the Geological Society of America Tee-off competition! Anyone can vote, so give us your help if you can (if you like the shirt design!)
1.4.2025 15:40https://commoninja.site/7b923c97-3e3a-45b5-ba91-279edb84c922?utm_source=Organic&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=GCTO We are losing to...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
The brackets have started and our shirt comes into the competition in a day or so (you can see and vote for the others in the meantime)....
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...The brackets have started and our shirt comes into the competition in a day or so (you can see and vote for the others in the meantime). They ask for your email, but won't be selling you anything. The winning club will make $500
31.3.2025 04:49The brackets have started and our shirt comes into the competition in a day or so (you can see and vote for the others in the meantime)....https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://commoninja.site/7b923c97-3e3a-45b5-ba91-279edb84c922 The Geology Club at MJC could use your vote! It's a T-shirt competition,...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://commoninja.site/7b923c97-3e3a-45b5-ba91-279edb84c922 The Geology Club at MJC could use your vote! It's a T-shirt competition, but not THAT kind. Our t-shirt design is up against another dozen or so colleges in the Cordilleran Section of the GSA. You can see our design in the first comment below. Please help us out!!!
31.3.2025 04:47https://commoninja.site/7b923c97-3e3a-45b5-ba91-279edb84c922 The Geology Club at MJC could use your vote! It's a T-shirt competition,...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2024/10/what-we-all-think-we-know-myths-and.html The Myanmar quake is a plausible reminder of what we face...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2024/10/what-we-all-think-we-know-myths-and.html The Myanmar quake is a plausible reminder of what we face in CA. We can never know when it will happen, so we can only be prepared. Could you be on your own for a week w/o water or power? Be one who can help, rather than the one who needs help...
29.3.2025 06:25https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2024/10/what-we-all-think-we-know-myths-and.html The Myanmar quake is a plausible reminder of what we face...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
My rage and anger know no bounds. We found out today that sometime before he came to live with us, someone shot our cat Pixie SIX times....
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...My rage and anger know no bounds. We found out today that sometime before he came to live with us, someone shot our cat Pixie SIX times. He's carrying the pellets around permanently in his body. I can't believe the sickness of mind of anyone who would do such a thing.
29.3.2025 03:24My rage and anger know no bounds. We found out today that sometime before he came to live with us, someone shot our cat Pixie SIX times....https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
It's that time of year! We've had some rain and the Red Hills Area of Critical Enviromental Concern is coming alive. The area was...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...It's that time of year! We've had some rain and the Red Hills Area of Critical Enviromental Concern is coming alive. The area was once considered a barren wasteland because serpentine soils couldn't support agricultural development. Serpentine-tolerant species are a rare & unique part of CA's biome.
23.3.2025 04:43It's that time of year! We've had some rain and the Red Hills Area of Critical Enviromental Concern is coming alive. The area was...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
Three months ago, he was a frightened feral cat sheltering on our back porch at night. Now, we're inseparable. Happy Caturday!
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...Three months ago, he was a frightened feral cat sheltering on our back porch at night. Now, we're inseparable. Happy Caturday!
23.3.2025 02:08Three months ago, he was a frightened feral cat sheltering on our back porch at night. Now, we're inseparable. Happy Caturday!https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
Today's storm from the Tuolumne River at Roberts Ferry Bridge.
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...Today's storm from the Tuolumne River at Roberts Ferry Bridge.
18.3.2025 00:14Today's storm from the Tuolumne River at Roberts Ferry Bridge.https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
My little treasure from the rock and mineral show in Turlock. It's a crystal of olivine, a mineral that doesn't often display...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...My little treasure from the rock and mineral show in Turlock. It's a crystal of olivine, a mineral that doesn't often display crystal faces. This one has lots! I've personally never seen one this big.
10.3.2025 01:24My little treasure from the rock and mineral show in Turlock. It's a crystal of olivine, a mineral that doesn't often display...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
Vermilion Flycatchers are brilliantly colored desert birds more common in Mexico and the Southwest. Once in a great while a few drift north...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...Vermilion Flycatchers are brilliantly colored desert birds more common in Mexico and the Southwest. Once in a great while a few drift north into our area. When we heard one was in the Merced NWR this week, we went down for a look and found it on the Bittern Marsh Trail! #birds
23.2.2025 22:29Vermilion Flycatchers are brilliantly colored desert birds more common in Mexico and the Southwest. Once in a great while a few drift north...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/02/an-extinct-fish-finds-life-again-in.html I've always been enamored with the Devils Hole Pupfish,...
https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/02/an-extinct-fish-finds-life-again-in.html I've always been enamored with the Devils Hole Pupfish, but after 4 decades of exploring around Death Valley, I found out that another population of pupfish was declared extinct and then rediscovered. Follow the link to read the story! #pupfish #DeathValley
21.2.2025 05:43https://geotripper.blogspot.com/2025/02/an-extinct-fish-finds-life-again-in.html I've always been enamored with the Devils Hole Pupfish,...https://sfba.social/@Geotripper/...
