Birds

These Grebes Have Ears

Of course they have ears, all birds do. These birds got that label for the spray of straw-colored feathers that

These big grebes sometimes seem like graceful feathered monkeys in the way that they imitate one another. They can take

Watching the Black Oystercatchers at work, I always admire their industry and their intelligence in using their beak. This hard

The first female Red-winged Blackbirds that I’ve seen this year arrived yesterday. I saw three of them. Since they usually

Photographer Evie Williams caught this Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) in the park in late March. Affectionately known as “butterbutt” in

Here I thought the Scaup were done with their northward migration at the end of March. And indeed in the

The park has a new set of Barn Owl boxes. The old ones, painted in camouflage colors, with a big

Low tide is a dangerous time for the crabs that live on the edges of the North Basin. These Western

This bird is in trouble. Its right wing is broken, and the flight feathers that should fold neatly down over

The Anna’s Hummingbird is not about to ignore a cornucopia of nectar like the Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans) on

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