Mixed Feathers
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) In the last two months so many park events have claimed my attention that some encounters
Read more(Burrowing Owl Update Below) In the last two months so many park events have claimed my attention that some encounters
Read moreThis selection of small and medium shorebirds is part of photographer Emilie Keas’ collection of more than 100 images of
Read moreAs if to show that Eared Grebes don’t have a monopoly on the waters north of the park, this Horned
Read moreDuring the two-hour midday gap in last Monday’s rain storm, the rain ceased but the chill southerly breeze kept blowing.
Read moreI’d made my loop around the park counterclockwise and thought I was done for the morning. Then out of nowhere,
Read moreThis is probably the same Horned Grebe I saw and photographed not long ago. It was still hanging around very
Read moreThe chill northerly gale roughed up the North Basin and gave its population of migrant Bufflehead, scaup, grebes, gulls, and
Read moreWhen I started in the park at 2:30 in the afternoon yesterday, the only visible creatures on the North Basin
Read morePhotographer James Kusz hit the grebe jackpot with this video of a Horned Grebe in breeding plumage (video above), followed
Read moreTelling Horned Grebes apart from Eared Grebes when both are in winter plumage can tie even experienced birders in knots.
Read moreThe attraction for me this morning wasn’t the Horned Grebes; I’d photographed them earlier. It was the water. Almost glassy,
Read moreLast week I posted a video of a Horned Grebe capturing an unidentified eel-shaped fish about the size of a
Read moreThis Horned Grebe on the north side of the park snagged what looks like a small eel. Or maybe a
Read moreI saw this Horned Grebe, probably a juvenile, a few yards off the northern shore of the park a half
Read moreThis set of four Horned Grebes found shelter from the brisk morning breeze just below the Open Circle Viewpoint. They
Read moreMore Horned Grebe than I ever saw before, or thought probable, showed up on the North Basin at midday Monday.
Read moreThe Horned Grebe is not an extremely rare bird around the park. It’s appeared in this blog several times. But
Read moreThis Horned Grebe in winter plumage is among the littlest waterbirds in the area, but for the photographer it can
Read moreThe rocks and waters below the Open Circle viewpoint harbored a diverse feathered fellowship this afternoon. I was surprised and
Read moreThe Horned Grebe that I saw last month in the company of the Surf Scoters has reappeared. Whether it went
Read moreI’ve seen a couple of other Horned Grebes in the North Basin, but never an adult male in breeding plumage,
Read moreThe North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started
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