Clear sunny skies, warming temps of 65-70 degrees at the height of spring migration with an abundance of bird song for mate attraction and territory defense for local breeding birds. Pair bonding behavior, nest building activity and feeding of noisy hungry nestlings observed..James Kendall (scope&camera), Tonya Fannon (camera), Brian Bleecker (camera), Barbara Wasbin (camera), Brenda [...]
The Great Egret is the iconic symbol of the National Audubon Society and the American conservation movement, representing the successful fight against the 19th-century feather trade. Nearly hunted to extinction for their billowing, glossy white breeding feathers used in the fashion millinery trade, their plight spurred major conservation legislation resulting in landmark bird protection laws [...]
Double-crested Cormorants are a common sight on California’s coast and waterways, often seen flying in a V-formation or swimming with only their necks and heads visible. They are often seen standing with wings spread out to dry, because they have evolved to have feathers that become easily waterlogged, allowing them to dive deeper without air bubbles getting [...]
Cloudy to sunny skies, warming temps of 61-72 degrees with an abundance of bird song for mate attraction and territory defense. Pair bonding behavior and nest building activity observed. James Kendall (scope&camera), Ann Marshall (camera), Tonya Fannon (camera), Cassandra Margitan (camera) with Betty Kanne as scribe [...]
The American Pipit is a welcome winter visitor to our parks and open spaces with wide expanses of grassy scrubland. This diminutive songbird breeds in the most northerly arctic tundras and lofty arid mountain tops. Pipits then escape that increasingly frozen terrain in the fall, descending in noisy flocks to safely overwinter in our far [...]
