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 [...]
Bright sunny skies, warming temps of 61-70 degrees with an abundance of bird song for mate attraction and territory defense. Pair bonding behavior and nest building activity observed [...]
Bright sunny skies, chilly to warming temps of 55-76 degrees with an abundance of bird song, calls, and feeding activity all around us. A sense of rapidly approaching spring breeding activity was evident by signs of courtship behavior and birdsong.James Kendall (scope&camera), Brian Bleecker (scope&camera), Tonya Fannon (camera), Jim Currie (camera), Ann Marshall (camera), Cassandra [...]
