![]() ![]() ![]() More blooming orchards followed, as we continued our tour. Even so, they were impressive birds, and it was unusual and fun to see two of them together. Which we should really have guessed, since most of the raptors you see perched on fence posts and telephone poles and trees in the Central Valley are red-tails. Later, however, when I looked at the photos on my computer, the tell-tale red tails were obvious: these were not eagles but “only” a pair of red-tailed hawks. Wow!īut of course, they weren’t - though we enjoyed that delusion for the rest of the day. We stopped the truck, and Craig and I grabbed our binoculars and camera and jumped out for a look, thinking excitedly that the birds were golden eagles. Nearing Modesto, we turned off the main highway onto a smaller road bordered by orchards, and immediately spotted two large raptors at the top of a (walnut?) tree right next to the road. So on the next Saturday morning we rounded up our friends, Chris and Judith, and set off, ready for a bloomin’ good time! ![]() Like everything else, the almond trees were flowering earlier than usual and were already near their peak. A few weeks ago, on a flight over the Central Valley, Craig noticed that the almond orchards around Modesto were in full bloom, and he discovered an “Almond Blossom Cruise” (i.e., an audio driving tour) that would guide us around the orchards. ![]()
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