10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

Continuing the celebration of commonplace birds we now hail the ubiquitous Great Blue Heron. We have at least 3 nesting locations here in San Francisco and that number seems to be climbing slowly. They do like to supplement their diet with small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects. They are good watchers.

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San Francisco Gophers Reptiles Hunters 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

I only had a few days in California while visiting my brother at Berkeley, but we couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to visit one of the most famous birding sites in the country: Point Reyes National Seashore. Add those life mammals to the life birds I already expected to see, and I was practically vibrating with excitement.

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Seals Elephants Whales Whaling 180

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2016

And, let me tell you, it was an amazing trip with gorgeous scenery, lots of cool mammals, and, of course, a whole big bunch of birds! This Pine Grosbeak was just one of the cool birds that came in to take advantage of the feeder. Clark’s Nutcrackers are one of my favorite birds.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

So what does climate change mean for birds? Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. As deserts expand, birds suited to arid climates may be just fine. Whats in it for birds? Well…it means everything.

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 209

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2012

One Seagull Steve was living in San Francisco, on a birding hiatus. He had not birded in months, due to constantly being drunk on strange and exotic birds from across the map earlier in the year. Ivory Gulls, for the unfamiliar, are the cream of the birding crop as far as North American birds go.

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San Francisco Sea Lions California Lions 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 236

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

I have been searching through the internet this evening trying to find support for some behaviour that I witnessed at Fort Mason, San Francisco, this week. Warblers, orioles, kinglets and gnatcatchers have all been seen as have small mammals such as Pine Martins, bats and Red Squirrels but seldom, it seems, is the behaviour documented.

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