Branta canadensis

* Birds Canada Goose

Scene of Serenity

September 23, 2021September 9, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 76 Views Branta canadensis

Geese can be a noisy bunch when hungry or angry. The Wikipedia entry for them notes: Extremely adept at living in

* Birds Brown Pelican Canada Goose

Shift Change

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 90 Views 0 Comments Branta canadensis, Pelecanus occidentalis

The North Basin looked like Pelican Pond in the early morning hours. Once again, dozens of Brown Pelicans flew in

* Birds Canada Goose Events

High Voltage Wire Kills Goose (Updated)

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 240 Views 2 Comments Berkeley Fire Department, Berkeley Police Department, Branta canadensis, PG&E

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

* Birds Canada Goose

Canada Quartet

December 25, 2020August 9, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 125 Views Branta canadensis

This quartet of adult Canada Geese swam southward in a stately procession. It’s fairly unusual to see such a small

* Birds Canada Goose

Family Visit

June 15, 2020June 18, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 459 Views Branta canadensis

I didn’t see them arrive. Minutes earlier I had filmed a heron and some egrets in this area. Then my

* American Wigeon Birds Bufflehead Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Not BUOW

Canada Goose

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Mosey2014 855 Views 0 Comments Anas crecca, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Mareca americana, Spatula clypeata

On a tip from Phil Rowntree, who roams widely, I checked out the Berkeley Meadow (aka Sylvia McLaughlin Eastshore State

* American Avocet American Coot American Crow American White Pelican American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Turnstone Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Brown Pelican Bufflehead Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Eurasian Wigeon Featured Video Forster's Tern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Mallard Marbled Godwit Mew Gull Northern Pintail Red-throated Loon Ring-billed Gull Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Spotted Sandpiper Surf Scoter Turkey Vulture Western Grebe Western Gull Whimbrel White-tailed Kite Willet

North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 20, 2020 Mosey2014 2495 Views 2 Comments Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started

* American Crow American Wigeon Berkeley Meadow Birds Black-necked Stilt Canada Goose Common Goldeneye Greater Scaup Mallard Ruddy Duck Western Grebe

By an Early Light

December 19, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1757 Views 1 Comment Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala clangula, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Himantopus mexicanus, Mareca americana, Oxyura jamaicensis

I was in luck this morning. As I began my walk around eight o’clock, the sun slanted almost flat to

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