Living in Northern California offers nature lovers many opportunities to view wildlife in their native habitat. Living near the Sacramento River and its many...

Since 2006 a pair of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) nesting at Turtle Bay in Redding California have successfully raised a dozen eaglets! The past...

The Long-billed Curlew’s (Numenius americanus) bill is best adapted for capturing shrimp and crabs living in deep burrows on tidal mudflats or burrowing earthworms...

Just the mention of the name conjures notions of fear and loathing in some folks, like farmers. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Male (click on...

Why would I call these beautiful woodpeckers the “clowns of the avian world?” Besides the facial features of the Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) appearing...

The Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) is North America’s smallest dabbling duck and taken by hunters second only to the Mallard. Click on photos...

The Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and the Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) were considered different forms of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) until 1983 when...

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge is part of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in California’s Central Valley. This complex consists of five national wildlife...