10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so. North American breeders winging their way south for the winter may want to head for the Bahamas, where a new national park offers them protected habitat. Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ?

California Condor 165

California Condor San Diego San Francisco Ghana 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

At least they seem to understand that raising chicks is hard and annoying work and have found at least a partial solution for this problem: “co-operative breeder, up to four individuals attending chicks at one nest, at least three seen to feed chicks” (HBW).

San Diego 205

San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 205

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Southern California pelagics (San Diego to Morro Bay). Gull-billed Terns breed in south San Diego Bay, along with Black Skimmers and several other tern species. San Diego County has many important nesting sites for the imperiled Western Snowy Plover and California Least Tern. Ventura, CA. Imperial Beach, CA.

California 198

California San Diego Birds Oakland 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

It’s my first return to Prospect Park since my overwhelming San Diego adventure and things seem quiet, despite favorable overnight winds and gushing reports of a wild sparrow bonanza the previous day. The lawn seems bare of birds, except for a single female Flicker. Overhead, a white-tailed young Red-tailed Hawk calls.

San Diego 172

San Diego Sparrows Breeders 2009 172