10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2012
Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ) Male (click on photos for full sized images) This time of year, Red-winged Blackbirds are gathering on nesting grounds in wetlands but also in uplands and agricultural habitats. Right now though, you would most probably see flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds preparing to mate and nest.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2021
After a night at the Point Reyes hostel and a long walk to Limantour Beach the next morning, Katherine and I drove into Point Reyes Station for a breakfast of buttermilk blueberry scones at the excellent Bovine Bakery , where the Brewer’s Blackbirds ( Euphagus cyanocephalus ) outside gathered around us and begged for crumbs.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2022
The juvenile Chinese Blackbirds get older but still look kind of stupid. Taking the famous statement that Mao was 70% right, 30% wrong (Deng Xiaoping), his decision regarding sparrows certainly falls under the second category.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2011
She ate everything from Rock Pigeons to caterpillars, earthworms to Brewer’s Blackbirds, but her staple diet consisted of plump, toothy, charismatic, and abundant Pocket Gophers. During the meal she was mobbed by several blackbirds and an American Robin. Patch was focused and deliberate, consistent and inventive.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2023
It was the same day George Floyd was killed. I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy. I remember that day. exploring birds, their habitats, and conservation.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Not sure that I impressed them, I chose to bluff them and looked left and right for a suitable tree branch to pick. Lucky and his instructor were successful in bluffing this particular bear, yet the very next year in the same area, Hoshino was killed by a Brown Bear. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Mule Deer have always been pretty common in this area, but I got quite a surprise when I cleared a small hill in the road, and nearly ran over a male Pronghorn Antelope , right in the middle of the road. Finally we came to a cross road, where I went straight, and he turned right. It was good to be back!
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