article thumbnail

Urban Birding in San Diego

10,000 Birds

Although the property has seen human impacts, there have been recent efforts to improve water quality and restore this important habitat. In between showers, we were able to go investigate a bit and we found a few Blue-gray Gnatcatchers , fishing Osprey , and chickadees. Osprey carrying a fish La Jolla Cove has a lot going on.

San Diego 208
article thumbnail

The Gas Station Bird

10,000 Birds

Here’s a quote about bird lungs from Britannica: “Himalayan geese have been observed not only to fly over human climbers struggling to reach the top of Mount Everest, but to honk as they do so.” For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California. Now imagine you have the lungs of a bird.