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The Western Screech-Owl Nests in Tree Cavities

January 4, 2012 by Larry 4 Comments

Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. Birders in Northern California have been treated to rare sightings...

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Ross’s Goose, the Little Snow Goose

December 21, 2011 by Larry 6 Comments

Every autumn, tens of thousands of Snow Geese arrive in California’s Sacramento Valley following their long journey from the Canadian Arctic (click on photos for full...

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A Greater Yellowlegs Bathing at Arcata Marsh

November 23, 2011 by Larry 7 Comments

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) photos by Larry Jordan Shorebirds. Why are they seemingly so difficult to identify? One obvious reason is that most have plumage...

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Snowy Egret Fishing at Arcata Marsh

November 9, 2011 by Larry 4 Comments

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) photos by Larry Jordan (click for full sized images) While visiting Arcata Marsh a couple of weeks ago, I had...

Trips

Humboldt Bay Jetty Displays the Black Turnstone

October 26, 2011 by Larry 5 Comments

I spent this past weekend at the coast, travelling to Arcata for a Northern California Audubon Council meeting hosted by the Redwood Region Audubon...

Birds

Lewis’s Woodpeckers Are Back

September 28, 2011 by Larry 9 Comments

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) In Flight, photos by Larry Jordan Driving home from work last week I finally saw my first Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)...

Birding

The Glory Days Of Fall

September 27, 2011 by Felonious Jive 1 Comment

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns....

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

August 31, 2011 by Larry 9 Comments

The California Quail (Callipepla californica) is the California state bird, inhabiting scrub, broken chaparral and woodland edges primarily in California, Oregon, Washington and Baja California. They are...

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