10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue ! First, you get to tour one of their California centers , you get a special opportunity to see a Pelican getting its final medical exam and numbered leg band, plus you get the honor of releasing one, or in my case, two of their rehabilitated pelicans!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The evening of September 7, 2012 was a truly memorable birding experience. Off the coast of northern California, Sooty Shearwater are common and are seen on virtually all pelagic birding trips. I just happened to be there to experience it. Of course, unexpected experiences such as this are one of the great appeals of birding.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2019
I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. For fifteen years, ever since I started visiting California as a birder, I’ve been hoping to see a Mountain Plover.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2013
The one thing I really wanted to do on this most recent trip to southern California was visit Santa Cruz Island again. First off, Felonious Jive ‘s brother-in-ornithology, Seagull Steve , who you will remember from my trip to southern California back in December , came aboard the boat after a two-week stint doing field work.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he is employed as a natural history tour guide and as a member of the Leica Birding Team. In my experience non-birders connect with the travel, visiting beautiful places and spectacle of birding and hawkwatching often entails all three.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. A pair of Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ) tends a chick on Middle Rock, Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. And, the birds are awesome.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
I didn’t really have time to stop, but as I was passing by, I saw hundreds of American White Pelicans fly up and thought I’d better take a drive through and see what else was there. • Explore These Related Posts Another California Bird? You never know what you might see! Get yours today! Beautiful bird.
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