Sure it is a Plain Titmouse, or at least it used to be. The Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus) was split and reclassified in 1997...

Carrie wrote a thought-provoking post on the perils of being named after Georg Steller, but noted that his Jays were still doing very well...

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

I was thrilled to be seing warblers so early in March, until I remembered that Townsend’s Warblers can be seen along the west coast...

I had spent the morning with the celebrated Walter Kitundu and for the afternoon, we had Water Ousels in mind. Our plan was to head to...

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...

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...

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...