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Birding

What’s in a Name: Readers Respond

December 4, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

Some updates from the comments sections! On the Limpkin, the ever-sagicious Rick Wright points out that the ‘gait’ explanation may well be a folk...

Birding

What’s in a Name: Woodpeckers of North America

October 30, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

Well, I never did see a Black-backed Woodpecker on my trip, but they were on my mind… What could be more straightforward than the...

Birds

Nestling Williamson’s Sapsuckers and the Douglas Squirrel

July 1, 2015 by Larry 2 Comments

Last weekend was our Audubon chapter’s annual campout at Lassen Volcanic National Park. I guess if you clicked on any of the links in...

Birds

A Juvenile Nuttall’s Woodpecker Visits the Garden

June 3, 2015 by Larry 6 Comments

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker’s (Picoides nattallii) diet consists mainly of (about 80%) insects, primarily captured by probing and gleaning from tree bark. They also dine on...

Trips

Birding on Steroids or the Kerkini Lake – Greece – in 10 Pictures

April 30, 2015 by Dragan No Comments

Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. (One may also read this as...

From the Archives, Reviews

Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide–A Review

March 3, 2015 by Donna No Comments

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. (Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage,...

Birds

Northern Flicker Intergrade in California

December 31, 2014 by Larry 4 Comments

The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is the third largest woodpecker in North America if you count the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. It is smaller than the...