10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2013
All photos by Keiller Kyle, courtesy of Audubon California. After all, there are only a few hundred thousand left of these birds to gaze at, in a range that’s based mainly in California. federal level, and a Species of Special Concern in California. (For For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
California is blessed with 51 NWRs and Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), second only to North Dakota with 77. Just before the final leg of the auto route, where it begins to turn back toward the Black-crowned Night-Heron roost, I spotted a substantial group of large white birds foraging just off the road.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2015
California is big. 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. Trips Birding California lighthouse point reyes' Migrating Gray Whales.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Cattle fields surrounded the small town, the cows forming dark silhouettes against the rapidly graying skies. If you’re like me, you probably picture pelicans along oceans or seas, bobbing in the salt or brackish water as they feed in their bright groups.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2016
Above is a photo of the only Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) seen at Tuscan Preserve back in February of 2010 when a group of concerned birders installed eight artificial burrows on this property, to be preserved in perpetuity. This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control.
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2012
And, this happened in Fresno County which is in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Animal rights activists are behind the burning of cattle trucks at Harris Farms in western Fresno County early Sunday, according to a statement released by a clearinghouse for activists. I grew up there. Full story here at the Fresno Bee.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately. The unrivaled aerial champions of the Americas have to be the two species of Condor, the one-time almost nearly extinct California Condor and the truly massive Andean Condor. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley. millions years ago.
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