Checking Out the Rip-Rap Job
The rip-rap rehab job is over, all but the landscape repair and the tidying up. A rusting bucket from a
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Tringa semipalmata
Willets Awake and Not
Lit by the morning sun, this Willet (Tringa semipalmata) posed like a model, legs artfully crossed, head turned to show
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A Willet’s Morning Ritual
The rising sun’s slanting rays woke up this Willet in the rip-rap on the east side of the park. Perched
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Feathered Fellows
Some birds seem to be very sociable with other species. The Willet is an example. I’ve seen Willets hanging close
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Siesta Time in Birdland
The rocks and waters below the Open Circle viewpoint harbored a diverse feathered fellowship this afternoon. I was surprised and
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Summer Steadies
The Red-winged Blackbirds, their breeding done, departed about a week after Summer Solstice. They usually leave earlier, but then they
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A Company of Willets
Down on the rip-rap on the east side of the park, it’s not unusual to see a Willet or two
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North Basin: The Video
The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started
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Willets in the Rain
I’ve long wondered where birds go and what they do in the rain. I got part of the answer this
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Willet Gets a Big One
This Willet managed to spear a crab. Compared to human scale this wiggling crustacean is tiny in the extreme. But
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