Larus occidentalis

* Birds Western Gull

Gull Scrap

July 20, 2021July 15, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 52 Views 0 Comments Larus occidentalis

These two Western Gulls got in a tug-of-war over some piece of scrap that was so tough it took both

* Birds Western Gull

Gulls Crabbing

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 169 Views 0 Comments Larus occidentalis

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

* Birds Western Gull

Gull Problem

January 3, 2021December 25, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 130 Views 0 Comments Larus occidentalis

This gull has a problem. It’s snagged a chunk of protein, probably a mussel, but the good stuff is locked

* Birds Western Gull

Gull Gab

October 18, 2020October 16, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 231 Views 2 Comments Larus occidentalis

In his thought-provoking book, What the Robin Knows, naturalist Jon Young makes the case that bird utterances always have a

* Birds Western Gull

Gulls Gabbing

June 13, 2020June 5, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 300 Views Larus occidentalis

This gull, and then three more, were cawing up a storm just off the eastern shore of the park. I

* Birds Brown Pelican Pelagic Cormorant Western Gull

Bird Frenzy

January 7, 2020January 6, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 716 Views 0 Comments Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

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

* American Coot Birds Ground Squirrel Mammals Rock Pigeon Western Gull

Consolation for No Owls

October 23, 2019October 22, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 438 Views 0 Comments Columba livia, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Otospermophilus beecheyi

I’ve been searching for Burrowing Owls in their usual haunts almost daily — sometimes twice daily — since the beginning

* Not BUOW Western Gull

Portrait of a Gull

February 3, 2019January 23, 2019 Mosey2014 693 Views Larus occidentalis

I’ve noticed it before. Sometimes a bird wants its portrait done. It will sit still, unafraid. It will turn this

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North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 20, 2020 Mosey2014 2388 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 Coot Black Oystercatcher Brown Pelican Bufflehead Great Blue Heron Mallard Western Gull White-Crowned Sparrow Willet

The Usual Feathered Suspects

November 12, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1275 Views 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea herodias, Bucephala albeola, Fulica americana, Haematopus bachmani, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Tringa semipalmata, Zonotrichia leucophrys

The big news in the park this past week was the rain. Soon those brown hills will be green. In

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