10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. In other words, a “spark class” rather than a “spark bird.” Think about it for a minute.

2018 264

2018 Agenda Science Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2017

Only, wait, did Winter Wrens live in California? Nest-building must have been on their agenda, for they hopped this way and that with delicate moss bits hanging from their tiny beaks. In the deep vegetation of the grove, a tinkling melody reverberated across the trunks and small hills. Pacific Wren.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Agenda United States 2010 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2016

The birds weren’t high on the agenda while we were in Wyoming but I still managed to see some. Once we said our good-byes to Oregon we headed to Crescent City, California, in the northwestern edge of the state, from which we explored Redwoods National Park and the plethora of state parks in the area.

Idaho 106

Idaho Colorado Wyoming San Francisco 106

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

There are only approximately 23 million people in the whole country, which is about 10 million less than the state of California. Australia is a vast country with a very small human population, which mostly clings to the edge of the continent. … Extinction is forever.

Species 176

Species Australia Birds Parrots 176