Bird Survey – February 2023
This month’s bird survey was cancelled due to rain [...]
This month’s bird survey was cancelled due to rain [...]
The stately Turkey Vulture makes an impactful appearance as it slowly glides in lazy circles high above the Urban Forest on a sunny day. This massive scavenger, with a wing span of six feet, rarely flaps its wings, conserving energy by riding on thermal updrafts of air, holding its broad dark wings in a V [...]
The survey was cancelled due to high winds but Lena Hayashi, Betty Kanne, and Jim Currie braved the 17 and 22 mph bursts to do the best they could. The wind acted like a giant leaf blower and blew all the fallen leaves out from under the trees and bushes! Other than the flock of Western [...]
A winter walk through the core, densely tree-filled Urban Forest offers the opportunity to view the diminutive and spritely Ruby-crowned Kinglet that spends its winter months gleaning insects and tiny seeds in the mid to upper canopy of our lush abundant trees and leafy bushes. This tiny, oval shaped dynamo measures less than 4” and [...]
There is no bird survey in December because the count will take place during the annual bird count in early January! [...]