Birds – Page 2

High Voltage Wire Kills Goose (Updated)

A Canada goose was electrocuted this afternoon after apparently colliding with a 12,000 volt wire that supplied electricity to the

After a period of relative quiet, dozens of House Finches suddenly emerged in July, feeding in shrubs and grasslands on

In mid-May, photographer Phil Rowntree caught one of these hyperactive flyers resting on a fence (“Burrowing Swallow” May 13 2021).

Two weeks after the mammoth pelican pow-wow, where several hundred of the great birds descended to feed on the North

When I saw this bird in the last days of June, I thought I was seeing a new and different

As photographer James Kusz’s video demonstrates, this Double-crested Cormorant off the north coast of the park had no difficulty in

I thought I had missed them. As I was parking, I saw a big flock of Brown Pelicans in the

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.

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