We need your help to protect one of California’s most important places for birds. Please send an email today to the members of the Humboldt Bay Harbor Commission asking them to protect vital bird and Pacific herring habitat in the … Continue reading →
Below is the bird tally from Tecolote Canyon yesterday. Thanks go to the 15 plucky birders who braved the temperature that reached nearly 85 degrees. Tecolote Canyon Natural Park, San Diego, US-CA Feb 14, 2015 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM … Continue reading →
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA NEWS February 2015 Tell the Feds the Gnatcatcher exists The latest attempt by some Southern California developers to have the Coastal California Gnatcatcher removed from protections under the Endangered Species Act is pretty outrageous – they claim the … Continue reading →
2015 Alert #2 Please Write to the Water Board to Stop the Foothill Tollroad Background The Foothill tollroad would run through some of Southern California’s most intact habitat lands in Orange and San Diego Counties and literally bisect … Continue reading →
Cornell Lab eNews February 2015 A United Nations of bird expectations for this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count (photos via GBBC photo gallery, clockwise): American Robin by John Skene from Indiana, U.S.A.; Gray Jays by Rejean Turgeon from Quebec, Canada; … Continue reading →
Great birding today. Thank you for your eyes and ears. Interesting to see the Tree Swallows “dibsing” their nesting boxes. Sally Sanderson Subject: eBird Report – San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary–Fledgling Loop Trail, Feb 7, 2015 San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary–Fledgling Loop … Continue reading →
(The following is copied from SanDiegoRegionBirding Yahoo Group) Hybrid duck at Oak Hill Cemetery: Am Widgeon x Wood Duck? Posted by: caron@ciderpressreview.com ciderpressc Date: Sun Feb 1, 2015 10:31 am ((PST)) A little help please, Gary Nunn, or Matt or … Continue reading →
I hope all 38 participants in Saturday’s walk enjoyed it as much as I did. The large group found 47 species under cloudy skies. We didn’t find the Vermilion Flycatcher, but did have a great view of a Ferruginous Hawk. … Continue reading →
CDFW Researchers are Monitoring Band-tailed Pigeon Mortality January 29, 2015 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is closely monitoring the population of band-tailed pigeons for mortality this winter. Band-tailed pigeons are California’s only native pigeon. They spend their … Continue reading →