Date: 9/26/25 1:27 pm From: Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Santa Clara County Bird Alliance Centenary
(Out of area, but I can’t help but celebrate something’s 100th birthday)
Santa Clara County Bird Alliance is celebrating its 100th birthday in
October. Before moving to Washington a few years ago I put a lot of sweat
equity into the organization, and I’m thrilled to see it thriving and
celebrating itself next month. One of the things they did was solicit many
of the photographers in the county for photos from the area to celebrate
the birds seen there, and I’m glad to see a couple of mine have been
included: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-RGpzKZ
If you’re one of those folks who visits down there for work or pleasure
(this county is the core center of Silicon Valley, home to Apple, Google,
Intel and many others) it’s an incredible birding area with a large group
of really good birders and photographers and is an area that’s had a strong
commitment to open space and bird habitats. It’s well worth a birding trip
if you haven’t considered it (I wish I could have gotten down there next
month, but couldn’t make the details work). (It also is the place where
that one day wonder Dark-Sided Flycatcher was found and photographed
recently.
Hope you enjoy the photos, and if you happen to be down in California in
October, consider checking out some of the activities these folks have
planned for the next month…
Chuq
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Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me)
Silverdale, Washington
Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer
