Birds

Heron Harassment

It was a minus 0.9 foot low tide, and the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) had an appetite for seafood.

Updated 6/19: Some female Red-winged Blackbirds have resurfaced and at least one fledgling is out of the nest and up

In recent years I’ve seen a small population of American Coots — maybe five or six — all year round.

You know they have to rest. They can’t go on zig-zagging in the air hunting bugs forever. How can they

Literally thousands of scaup touched down and rested in the North Basin this spring season on their way back to

This bird sent me to the thesaurus. Many dozens of her ilk had visited the North Basin over the past

Photographer Phil Rowntree, whose work will be familiar to regular readers, caught this very interesting portrait of a young Green

This little grebe is not to be underestimated. It has two superpowers. It can control its buoyancy to paddle underwater

These big grebes are famous for their courtship dances. Recently I was able to film the early stages, “Light Necking”

Every time I think I know something, nature proves me wrong. Just recently I posted an item about scaup needing

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