Bottom left is the light-eyed female, and bottom right is the dark-eyed male. At top right, notice the unusual hanging nest that these inconspicuous yet common birds weave. Bushtits are tiny, long-tailed gray birds that travel in large busy flocks, relentlessly rocketing from one leafy bush or tree to the next, all while keeping up [...]
It was a beautiful sunny, clear, and calm morning, rising to 72 or so degrees. Surveyors were only four – Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne (eBirder), Sharon, and Dave Telford. Summer months are typically slow and quiet as breeding season winds down and fledglings depend less on their parents to feed them. One Spotted Towhee continued [...]
The Western Bluebird was selected because it’s a perfect representative for the Urban Forest. Both entities manifest hope, resilience and renewal in the face of myriad challenges to our natural environment. The Western Bluebird came close to entirely disappearing in Orange County in the last century due to destruction of its needed forested environment that [...]
It was a beautiful, clear, and calm morning with the temperature in the 60’s. The sun came out by the time we reached the top of the hill. Surveyors were Lena Hayashi, Dave and Sharon Telford, Jim Kendall, Rick Shearer, and Betty Kanne, who kindly did the eBird list. Spring is magical! The plants and [...]
Look-up and be astounded by the beauty of these dynamic songsters as they rapidly flit among the trees, often in the upper canopy and quite often in mixed groups. Active and gregarious they flourish in the company of red-tinged, brown striped House Finches with which they share the characteristic, cone-shaped FINCH bill, so perfectly adapted [...]
