American Avocet Feeding

Taken by Sonja Beeve at San Elijo Lagoon, San Diego county on 12-14-13.  Least Sandpipers and Dunlin are also present.

Really Clever Bird’ Using Plastic Lid to Sled Down Snow-Covered Roof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n7hiuXjXJEw

I could be wrong, but when it didn’t look quite like “our” crow and I could hear the foreign sounding voices, I got out my daughter’s European field guide.  I think it may be a Hooded Crow–found mostly in eastern Europe, Italy, Scandinavia, but also in Ireland and Northern Scotland.  – Beverly

Snowy Owl versus Peregrine Falcon

Video by Tom Johnson. You can see more of his work here: photographyand videos.