The Birders Report

In The Cove, a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food [...]

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Western Kingbird Fledglings all photos by Larry Jordan
A fellow local birder led me to this Catalpa tree on the Shasta College campus where she spotted a Western Kingbird nest.  I discovered the parents and four fledglings in the tree a couple of days later.  Note the orange color of the bill where the mandibles meet [...]

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American Crow Eating On A Bone photo by Larry Jordan
The American Crow is a member of the Corvidae family, commonly refered to as Corvids or Crows.  This family of birds includes crows, ravens, jays, magpies, nutcrackers, rooks, jackdaws, treepies and choughs.  They are considered to be the most intellegent birds in the world.
I was listening [...]

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Pied-billed Grebe Pair Buiding A Platform Nest photos by Larry Jordan
The Pied-billed Grebe has the widest distribution of any grebe in the Americas and I found this pair at Lema Ranch.  They had just begun building this platform nest a few weeks ago, around the first of July.  I watched as they brought plant material [...]

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