Hummingbird Plants of the Southwest 120 plant profiles, with detailed information on their significance to hummingbirds, distribution, known habitat, and appearance. Plant-focused profiles of the 14 regularly occurring hummingbird species. Hummingbird natural history, plant pollination, and tips on landscaping, finding … Continue reading →
This is the female on the nest which has the chicks we’ll be banding. Photo by Holly Garrod Kestrels lay eggs in Starr Ranch Live Web Cam box! Kestrels just finished laying a clutch of four eggs in one … Continue reading →
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions on May 30, 2013 Black-hooded orioles are resident breeders in tropical S Asia from India and Sri Lanka E to Indonesia, preferring open woodland and cultivated lands. (Subramanian Chockalingam) Blue-tailed bee-eaters breed … Continue reading →
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA NEWS March 2015 Saving the Tricolored Blackbird from extinction With the support of the Five Dollars/Five Birds campaign, Audubon California is creating new Tricolored Blackbird habitat at Merced National Wildlife Refuge. We’ve planted triticale that may attract nesting … Continue reading →
Join a Bird Survey at San Dieguito River Park Headquarters on Wednesday April 22nd. It is a moderate hike in hilly terrain that will last approximately three hours. Please contact Richard Fowler, conservation chair(rcfowl@cox.net), if you are interested in participating. … Continue reading →
Owlets: See Them While You Still Can The two young Great Horned Owls in Savannah, Georgia, are growing up fast. They’re not quite ready to fledge and fly off, but they are getting big enough that the nest is starting … Continue reading →
Cornell Lab eNews March 2015 The Mystery of Beautiful Males—Explained We love birds because of their outrageous beauty—but why is it the males that so often look fabulous? It’s an age-old question, now explored in depth at All About Bird Biology. With colorful quizzes … Continue reading →
GBBC eNewsletter March 10, 2015 Western Meadowlark, Chuck Gibson, Kansas, 2015 GBBC GBBC 2015 Overview You did it! Once again participants from around the world set new records for the number of species identified during the four days of the … Continue reading →
Male Northern Cardinal at nest. Photo by Carolyn Mathur. Do Bird-Friendly Yards Attract More Predators? As more bird enthusiasts replace their lawns with bird-friendly plantings like trees and shrubs, they might be concerned about attracting nest predators into the … Continue reading →