10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2020
I had never birded this way before, and can confirm that what I had heard is true: Birds are much more tolerant of human presence when those humans are on a boat! And the birds along the walk to the estuary weren’t bad, either: Looks like nesting time has arrived for this Golden-cheeked Woodpecker.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2016
In some areas wooden docks and boardwalks provided the only evidence of nearby human habitation; in others, multi-colored, bay-front homes enjoyed short walks to the water. Brown Pelicans were the most numerous birds, flapping against the wind, diving for lunch, or floating along on the gentle waves.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
Maggie Rufo, who works with Veronica at NSCC in Sebastopol, remembers a juvenile Pileated Woodpecker she agreed to release where it had been found in Mendocino. “I I picked up the woodpecker and all the way there he pounded on the hard plastic carrier – the whole two hours. “I She returned for two more seasons.”.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. Finally, the list of birds mentioned in the examples include: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus. Pelican, Pelecanus spp. Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate.
10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2020
Numerous Black Vultures , Snowy Egrets and Brown Pelicans were also present. Brown Pelican. With a reduced level of human interaction, the birds in this patch of forest seemed relaxed. We, as humans must strive to be casual, passive participants in life. American Flamingos and Semipalmated Sandpipers.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. The authors occasionally add mini-essays on species increases, declines, or distribution.
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