Birds

Cowbirds, in Berkeley?

You probably qualify as a Berkeley old-timer if you can remember the radio ad that goes, “Farms in Berkeley? Moooo!”

Thanks to the sharp eyes of Jutta Burger, who knows her birds as well as her plants, I caught a

The hawks and other big raptors normally show up in numbers come fall and winter. By way of exception, this

When the Burrowing Owls arrived in the fall of 2018, I was there almost every day, photographing and filming, and

This flock of House Finches, probably hatched about a month ago, was busy feeding in the fennel and on the

There’s a pair of Mockingbirds nesting in a treetop just outside the hotel, and while one of them flew off

Not all birds wander elsewhere during the summer. Among those who take their vacation right here at home are the

As I watched, a Great Blue Heron flew in from the North Basin and landed on the grass near the

One of the questions I heard most often from park visitors watching the Burrowing Owls last winter was, “Why aren’t

So many birds go north in the summer that the waters of the North Basin east of the park sometimes

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