Birds – Page 2

Bird Frenzy

Pelicans, cormorants, and gulls combined in a mad feeding frenzy this morning, tracking a school of fish that erred into

Yesterday I could not spot the Burrowing Owl that has settled in the nature area, and I worried that the

Two rafts of Scaup, each numbering in the hundreds of birds, cruised near the center of the North Basin Cove.

The Burrowing Owl that has made the nature area on the north side of the park its seasonal home defied

This video combines two sightings. The first was on 12/24, when two White-tailed Kites shared a treetop in the forested

I saw this bird preening energetically off the north shore of the park. It wasn’t until I focused tight that

One Coot is a carbon copy of another, but Rock Pigeons wear distinct feather fashions. Pigeon fanciers have a complex

The Burrowing Owl first spotted in the Nature Area on the north side of the park at the beginning of

The Golden-crowned Sparrow is the mystery cousin of the White-crowned. Much is known about the latter, but the Golden-crowned has

Add the White-crowned Sparrow to the list of birds that feed on fennel seeds in the winter. Note how the