{"id":91,"date":"2014-03-16T18:38:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T18:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds.pcpg.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:23:38","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?page_id=91","title":{"rendered":"<b>About the Author &#038; This Site<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"> <div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/anthony-badlands_sept2014RSZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2652\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/anthony-badlands_sept2014RSZ-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/anthony-badlands_sept2014RSZ-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/anthony-badlands_sept2014RSZ-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/anthony-badlands_sept2014RSZ-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/anthony-badlands_sept2014RSZ.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"space_20 clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs sc_tabs kt-tabs kt-sc-tabs kt-tabs-style1\"><li class=\"active\"><a href=\"#sctab77320\">Introduction<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <div class=\"tab-content kt-tab-content postclass\"><div class=\"tab-pane clearfix active\" id=\"sctab77320\">\n<p><em>As a child, teen and adult<\/em> I&#8217;ve never had a fascination or the slightest inclination to become a birder.\u00a0 No one I personally knew maintained such a hobby.\u00a0 The devout interest occurred after acquiring a 400mm f\/5.6 Canon L series lens.\u00a0 In exploiting its capabilities and bringing forth the closeness of distant objects,\u00a0 it became more and more apparent that I was missing out on one of the more beautiful and dynamic creatures that life has to offer, Birds.<\/p>\n<p>With 30+ years of photography experience commingled\u00a0with an IT background, this became a natural progression:\u00a0 to create a bird web site for southern California.<\/p>\n<p>The constant dynamics of this this hobby alone have brought on fascination both in vision and sound. Exploration is continuous stimuli for the human brain.\u00a0 Memorization and recall skills are challenged as you discover and explore this world that may literally exist in your own backyard.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About this site<\/span>:<br \/>\nThe objective of this site is not only to offer photos and assist with ID&#8217;s, but also dates, trail location, GPS points, eBird logs and field ID marks along with other tips to aid with your sightings and local exploration.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>This site is not intended to be perfect for every bird or species ever counted or seen in our local area.\u00a0 It&#8217;s intention is to offer insight on more of the common year-round species but also includes seasonal migrants and vagrants that pass through the southern California region.\u00a0 OCBirds.com is a labor of love and continual work in progress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anthony G.<br \/>\nFebruary 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2652,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Rhss-1t","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2811,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions\/2811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}