10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2012
One of the more exciting birds this summer in this little corner of North Carolina is undoubtedly the King Rail s that have been regularly reported in a still-water back-arm of Jordan Lake in Chatham County, just south of where I live. The White Oak Creek flows into Jordan Lake on the southeast corner of the reservoir.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Being winter, this bird is in non-breeding plumage with more brown upper parts and lacking the white face it acquires in its aternate (breeding) plumage. The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Catching Condors Brown Pelicans in La Jolla Birds of Bolsa Chica The Western Scrub-Jay, A Bright Corvid In Many Respects.Or Beautiful bird.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
Bufflehead ( Bucephala albeola ) Female at Cavity Entrance photos by Larry Jordan “Some 85 species of North American birds excavate nesting holes, use cavities resulting from decay (natural cavities), or use holes created by other species in dead or deteriorating trees.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2011
Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. The homeowner, Fred Jordan, has been hosting visiting birders who heard of the bird through word-of-mouth since November. Why is that awesome? Melanerpes lewis is, to put it simply, a really cool bird.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2011
The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. I can see why you thought you had found a new breed with this one. Do you think it is the female?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Lewis’s Woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) In Flight, photos by Larry Jordan Driving home from work last week I finally saw my first Lewis’s Woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) of the fall. Lewis’s Woodpeckers are opportunistic feeders. You can hear their call in the first few seconds of this video.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.&# — Aldo Leopold Larry Jordan Mar 20th, 2011 at 8:43 pm Julie, thank you once again for bringing this insanity to the forefront.
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