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Conservation

California Audubon Names Burrowing Owl Bird of the Year

November 6, 2013 by Larry 5 Comments

How does that sound for a headline? This is totally doable! After all, California Audubon’s site states that “This is a conservation award. We’re...

Birding

Birders Love Wastewater Treatment Plants

October 23, 2013 by Larry 9 Comments

Wastewater Treatment Plants are known to birders all over the country as great birding spots. If constructed properly, these facilities can be not only...

Lesser Goldfinch and Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Birds

The Lesser Goldfinch: A Common California Species

October 9, 2013 by Larry 8 Comments

This spunky little finch is the smallest member of the North American genus Carduelis. I caught this male pictured above harassing a female Ruby-crowned...

Conservation

Pelican Release with International Bird Rescue

September 25, 2013 by Larry 2 Comments

There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue! First, you get to tour one of their California centers, you get...

Birds

The Lazuli Bunting Will Certainly Brighten Your Day

August 28, 2013 by Larry 14 Comments

During March and April the Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) begin showing up in Southern California but we don’t usually see them up north until...

Birds

American Rosefinches; Can You Tell Them Apart?

August 14, 2013 by Larry 4 Comments

After spotting the Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) pair above a couple of weeks ago at Lassen Volcanic National Park, I thought I had a new lifer!...

Birds

The Western Tanager Ranges Farther North Than Any Other Tanager

July 31, 2013 by Larry 1 Comment

The male Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) is unmistakable. He is the only tanager with strong wing bars, the anterior wing bar (median coverts) being...

Conservation

Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

July 17, 2013 by Larry 37 Comments

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) photo by Larry Jordan The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1,...

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