Various locations in Northern California, Fall 2009, comments welcome.

Birds and mammals on Monterey Sea Valley trip on 28 August 2009 and from Bodega Bay to deep water beyond Cordell Banks on 5 September 2009. Both with Shearwater Journeys.

Birding trip with Field Guides Inc. to Sabah, Borneo, led by Rose Ann Rowlett 21 June to 5 July 2009.

Sites visited include Kota Kinabalu City Bird Reserve, Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Center (and boardwalk), Gomantong Caves, the Kalimantangan River (Sukau Rainforest Lodge) and tributaries, Borneo Rainforest Lodge in the Danum Conservation Area, Tambunan Rafflesia Reserve, Mt Kinabalu Park, and Poring Hot Springs.

I was using a Canon EOS 50D (15.1 MP) camera with a Canon 300/2.8 image stabilized lens, and occassionally a 28-105mm lens or a 60mm macro lens. Note that many birds were photographed in closed forest using a flash and 400 ISO on the camera and in difficult conditions. I've included some lower quality images of things that are especially challenging to photograph, as well as nicer shots where available.

Send any image use requests to me at maholyoak@ucdavis.edu.

If you spot any misidentified species or are able to offer any more specific information on identifications of primary subjects please leave a comment or send me an email.

(and boardwalk), Gomantong Caves, the Kalimantangan River (Sukau Rainforest Lodge) and tributaries, Borneo Rainforest Lodge in the Danum Conservation Area, Tambunan Rafflesia Reserve, Mt Kinabalu Park, and Poring Hot Springs.

I was using a Canon EOS 50D (15.1 MP) camera with a Canon 300/2.8 image stabilized lens, and occassionally a 28-105mm lens or a 60mm macro lens. Note that many birds were photographed in closed forest using a flash and 400 ISO on the camera and in difficult conditions. I've included some lower quality images of things that are especially challenging to photograph, as well as nicer shots where available.

Send any image use requests to me at maholyoak@ucdavis.edu.

If you spot any misidentified species or are able to offer any more specific information on identifications of primary subjects please leave a comment or send me an email.

Deir Ezzor, Halabbiya ruins, Palmyra area including Sed Wadi Abied, Bald Ibis Reserve, and Talila Reserve. 27th and 28th May 2009, guided by Adeeb Al Asaad, http://www.palmyrasociety.org, email: hellopalmyra@hotmail.com.

hellopalmyra@hotmail.com.

The Louis and Dahi families, and Homs in Syria, 22nd to 29th May 2009

Watford, London (Harrods), and Windsor, 17th to 21 May 2009

Family party at the home of Joe and Najah Louis, in Los Gatos, California

Photos mainly in Bay area down to Big Sur area, California

Mainly bird photos around Arasaki and Miike in Kyushu Prefecture, SW Japan, 13th to 18th December 2008.

Various San Francisco Bay area bird sitings

Arden Hills Country Club and Spa, Sacramento, CA. Send me an email if you want a full resolution copy of some photos giving the number of the photo. maholyoak at ucdvavis.edu

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Tenerife and La Gomera 26 April to 2nd May 2008. Some low quality bird shots are included as identification shots.

Birds, fish, mammals, and views from boat trips with Brian Patteson out from Wanchese Harbor in North Carolina. 25th and 26th August 2007.

Field trip with members of the Movement Ecology Group (Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem) and some attendees of the First International Conference for Movement Ecology. 13th to 14th June 2007.

to 14th June 2007.

Views around Hebrew University Campus in Givat Ram, and an exhausted Pallid Swift that I rescued from a building. It flew off after I gave it a drink of water and I sat protecting it from the feral cats and crows for about 20 minutes! Also, Church of Holy Sepulchre and various views in the Old City of Jerusalem.

cats and crows for about 20 minutes! Also, Church of Holy Sepulchre and various views in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Various localities from just southwest of Jersulame to Side Boqer to Mitzpe Ramon and up to 60 km south of here, then along the Dead Sea. Dates 7th March to 10th March. On 7-8 March with the Movement Ecology group from Hebrew University, and 9-10th with Roger Powell

Ecology group from Hebrew University, and 9-10th with Roger Powell

20-29th December 2006, Peru: Pelagic trip from Lima and Iquitos area. Including Apalhuayo-Mishano Reserve (white sand forest), Explorama lodges, and Muyuna Lodge around Iquitos. With Mark Tasker and Mark Yates. Arrangements by Kolibri Expeditions.

Mark Yates. Arrangements by Kolibri Expeditions.

Birds and wildlife at various localities in California during October and November 2006

Tour of southeast Brazil 3-18 September 2006

Birds and views at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Blue (Sooty) Grouse were tame at Glacier Point visitors center.

Pelagic trip from Fort Bragg, California and birds on Virgin Beach just north of Fort Bragg. The juvenile jaeger identifications are possibly incorrect and please let me know if you disagree with my labels. The "Dark-rumped" Petrel is either a Hawaiian or Galapagos Petrel, which are not separable in the field based on current knowledge.

labels. The "Dark-rumped" Petrel is either a Hawaiian or Galapagos Petrel, which are not separable in the field based on current knowledge.

Butterflies photographed on Pacific Crest Trail from Donner Summit highway rest area on I-80, c 7000 feet above sea level. Please comment on any incorrect identifications and what makes them what they are. Estimates of identifications include cf. in the file name.

are. Estimates of identifications include cf. in the file name.

Butterflies at Leek Spring on Mormon Emigrant Trail, and around Frog Lake at Carson Pass, Alpine County, California. All identifications are approximate, please feel free to comment on species misidentifications.

misidentifications.

Marine life seen on boat trips aboard the Stormy Petrel from Hatteras, North Carolina. Up to 35 miles SW of Hatteras.

Photos from travels around California with my brother, Robert Holyoak, 2nd to 14th May 2006.

Trip around southeast Arizona birding with Richard Hall, 27 to 30 May 2005.

Mexico--Oaxaca, Veracruz and Mexico City area, 12th to 27th December 2004

December 16th to 25th inclusive were with Steve Greenfield of MN, USA.

Images of birds are often of lower quality but are here as a record as much as anything

are here as a record as much as anything