California Day 3: Coast to High Desert
It may just be me, but it seems as if the bird bloggers I follow are more productive than usual... hopefully because they're all self-quarantining in their own homes like good members of society. I'm no exception- currently sheltering in Michigan after the situation in Washington DC seemed like it was only going to get worse in the near term, and the middle of the north woods seemed like a safer bet. The weather is colder of course, but I can walk for miles outside without encountering another soul, and take birding breaks since everything in my life is now being carried out online. Of course, the other upside is more time to work on my birding blogs, which is good considering I'm still grievously behind. I spent my first two days in SoCal in the Los Angeles area, exploring various city parks and getting some easy Western US specialties (and some of the harder ones too). The plan for the next days was to head eastwards over the Coast Range to the Salton Sea, where...