The Birders Report

Peregrine Falcon photos by Larry Jordan I just returned from a visit with my Mom for her 93rd birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!).  Whenever I visit her, I stop at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge to see what kind of bird activity is going on there.  This trip I was pleasantly surprised to find the Peregrine [...]

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Oak Run Sunrise photo by Larry Jordan I took this photo in the early hours of the morning of September 19th, just a few days before the fall equinox on Tuesday the 22nd.  I will be posting the results of my birding effort for the Birds of the Equinox promoted by Birdstack in a following [...]

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Burrowing Owls At Sunset photos by Larry Jordan I recently got back from a meeting of the Burrowing Owl Consortium that was held in Mountain View, California.  The meeting was hosted by Catherine Portman of the Burrowing Owl Preservation Society and several friends.  There were several studies presented on different aspects of California Burrowing Owl [...]

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Western Bluebird Female photo by Larry Jordan Today is my two year blogoversary! I just wanted to celebrate the bird that got me started in the blogging world, the Western Bluebird.  You may have noticed that I have written many posts about this species.  You can peruse them by typing “Western Bluebird” in the search [...]

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Turkey Vulture photos by Larry Jordan This Turkey Vulture was actually one of the last species we saw at Shasta College for the first bird walk of the fall season.  After weeks of hot weather and not much birding activity, I woke to overcast skies and cooler temperatures

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