Dark-Eyed Junco The Dark-eyed Junco is a dapper-looking, ground feeding sparrow with a distinctive charcoal black head resembling a hood extending to its breast, contrasting with a rusty back and white belly. Its dark head is offset with a small, startlingly pink bill. Females display a more muted, grayer black hood. The Junco has a [...]
The stately Say’s Phoebe is a slender, medium sized flycatcher with muted gray-brown, earth-toned plumage and a blackish tail that fans as it’s pumped repeatedly by the perched bird. It shows a creamy salmon colored wash on its belly and underparts. Keep your eyes low to the ground and watch for quick movements from low [...]
Fall brings this small, active, yellow sliver of warbler as it briefly stops in our leafy tree-filled parks along its annual migration route from its northerly montane, breeding grounds to warmer Central American habitats in winter months. Although seen as a fairly common spring and fall transient it’s considered a rare winter visitor. Observers do [...]
The Mourning Dove is one of the most abundant and widespread bird species found exclusively in North and Central America. With their plump, brownish-gray bodies with dark spots and long, pointy tails, they are a common sight in our parks and neighborhoods. They are routinely seen eagerly visiting bird feeders and making nests in garden [...]
(Español: Cenzontle Norteño) The Northern Mockingbird is a non-migrating resident breeding bird with an outsized voice, personality and presence. Its Latin name, Mimus polyglottos, literally translates to “many-tongued mimic.” A polyglot is a person who speaks many languages, here referencing this bird’s ability to imitate a multitude of sounds from its environment. They are known for [...]
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