Morning Birds
Photographer Susan Black got to the park early and was rewarded with these images of three of the bigger birds:
Read morePhotographer Susan Black got to the park early and was rewarded with these images of three of the bigger birds:
Read moreI hadn’t seen a Black-crowned Night Heron since last November (“In Early Light” Nov. 11 2021). Now this familiar bird
Read moreA strange white shape drew my eye to the rocks below the Open Circle Viewpoint. Litter? The zoom lens showed
Read moreIt was my birthday and my gift from the park was lots of birds. I saw the resident American Coot
Read moreShooting video of a Black-crowned Night Heron is almost a total waste of pixels. The bird seems to surpass all
Read moreIt was a minus 0.9 foot low tide, and the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) had an appetite for seafood.
Read moreOnce again, the Night Heron works in broad daylight. It stood out like a flare against the rocks below the
Read moreStanding still like an expert mime is the trademark of the Black-crowned Night Heron. This adult individual waits on the
Read moreIt was 10:30 in the morning already, and plenty of people were up and in the park, so you’d think
Read morePhotographer James Kusz had his camera ready when this Black-crowned Night Heron got ready to pounce, and did pounce, in
Read moreThis bird held so still that at first I mistook it for a stone. The Black-crowned Night Heron easily outdoes
Read moreA tree not far from the park entrance is the habitual perch of this Black-crowned Night Heron, seen here preening.
Read moreI saw a young Night Heron on the south shore of the Open Circle Viewpoint in late February. This one,
Read moreThis light brown streaked bird perched on a rock just above water level minutes after sunrise on the south side
Read moreJust a day after I saw the cormorant fast asleep on a nearby rock opposite the hotel, a Black-crowned Night
Read moreThe Open Circle viewpoint is the only spot from which you can see the rocks on the east edge of
Read moreI saw a Black-crowned Night Heron on the southwest corner of the North Basin (directly opposite the hotel) on April
Read moreBlack-crowned Night Herons are a common sight some other places. For a while a whole tribe of them lived in
Read moreThe North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started
Read moreAfter a four-day escape to Fort Bragg, which had the cleanest air in California at the time, I returned to
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