Welcome to birdWalker, a website of birding photos and trip reports by Bill Walker and Mary Wisnewski, California birders based in Santa Clara County. We've been collecting our trip reports since 1996, we have now recorded 776 trips and 571 species.

Some of our favorite places to go birding include Charleston Slough and the Duck Pond in Palo Alto, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

The Bird of the Week is the Mottled Duck
Photographed Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Viera Wetlands

So far in day 28 of 2012 we have seen 111 species. Last year at this time we had seen 77.

The BirdWalker 2012 Wall Calendar is available now at my Cafepress store. It's a great gift for any bird lover or fan of the light and colors of the western United States.

We also counted 42 Sparrow sp. and 2 Blackbird sp.

We also recorded 200 Sandpiper sp., 200 Gull sp., and 150 Blackbird sp.

Spending time with our family over Thanksgiving break.