Larus occidentalis

* Birds Western Gull

Gull Scrap

July 20, 2021July 15, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 117 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 244 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 191 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 254 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 335 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 878 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 525 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 713 Views Larus occidentalis

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

* 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 2583 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 1319 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

Birds Brown Pelican Pelagic Cormorant Western Gull

Gull Gore (R)

November 6, 2017February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 1420 Views 1 Comment Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

This post is rated R for images that some people may find disturbing. There was a cluster of gulls near

* American Coot American Crow Birds Fish Fishers Pelagic Cormorant People Western Gull

Birds, Fish, and Planes

October 29, 2017February 14, 2019 Mosey2014 1503 Views 0 Comments Corvus brachyrhynchos, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

This Western Gull caught or stole a flat little fish, but had a problem getting it into its gullet. As

* American Coot Birds Brown Pelican Burrowing Owl Double-crested Cormorant Extreme Tides Greater Scaup Maintenance Western Gull Willet

Consolation for No Owls

October 2, 2017February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 1660 Views 0 Comments Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Tringa semipalmata

As a new graduate of the Burrowing Owl Docent Training Program, I knew that these unique birds are crepuscular (most

* American Coot Birds Brown Pelican Extreme Tides Greater Scaup Mallard Marbled Godwit Ring-billed Gull Snowy Egret Western Gull

Not Snowbirds, These

June 11, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1525 Views 1 Comment Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya marila, Egretta thula, Fulica americana, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Pelecanus occidentalis

It was a minus 0.55 tide early Saturday morning, low enough to expose yards of mud all along the parkside

American Avocet Birds Black-necked Stilt California Towhee Least Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Curlew Mew Gull Mourning Dove Northern Shoveler People Ring-billed Gull Sanderling Western Gull Whimbrel

An Organized Bird Walk

March 2, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 2131 Views 2 Comments Calidris alba, Calidris minutilla, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Melozone crissalis, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Recurvirostra americana, Spatula clypeata, Tringa flavipes, Zenaida macroura

The Audubon bird walk that Emilie Strauss led this morning covered familiar ground and waters but uncovered a number of

American Wigeon Birds Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Western Gull Willet

Some Feathered Regulars

January 31, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1415 Views 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Bucephala clangula, Larus occidentalis, Mareca americana, Tringa semipalmata

This evening’s walk in the park brought not only the excitement of the cormorant and its trophy catch, but also

Birds Western Gull

Young Western Gulls

January 5, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1387 Views 0 Comments Larus occidentalis

The North Basin this afternoon was almost bare of Scaup. Usually dominating the area by the several hundreds, Scaups were just

American White Pelican Birds Double-crested Cormorant Extreme Tides Snowy Egret Western Gull

Rare sights

August 1, 2016February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 1578 Views 0 Comments Egretta thula, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Phalacrocorax auritus

Saw an American White Pelican paddling in the North Basin this morning — a rare sight in this location. I saw a

Birds Fishers People South Views Western Gull

Commercial Fishing Boat Heading Out from Berkeley Marina

June 2, 2012February 14, 2019 Mosey2014 1443 Views 0 Comments Larus occidentalis

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