The Birders Report

I and the Bird is a “compendium of blog writing about wild birds and bird watching” according to its founder Mike Bergin of 10,000 Birds.  But it is much more than that.  It is a celebration of the best bird blogging on the net today.  A place where we can discover other folks that share [...]

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Emu photos by Larry Jordan The Emu is the second largest living bird in the world by height, second only to the Ostrich.  It is also the largest bird native to Australia1.  They can be rather intimidating when they are close up and looking at you eye to eye. On my way to do some [...]

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Red-shouldered Hawk Hunting photos by Larry Jordan On my way out of Wildhorse Golf Club territory last week, where I stopped to count Burrowing Owls on the way home from the California Burrowing Owl Consortium meeting, I happened upon this Red-shouldered Hawk, hawking a meal in the narrow strip of grass between the trail and [...]

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White-faced Ibis at Yolo Basin Wildlife Area photos by Larry Jordan Last month when I visited the Yolo Basin (Vic Fazio) Wildlife Area it was yet to be flooded.  This last weekend, heading down to the bay area for the California Burrowing Owl Consortium meeting, I checked with the Department of Fish and Game and [...]

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Acorn Woodpecker Juvenile Female photos by Larry Jordan I haven’t been able to do much birding lately.  I’m in the process of switching over from a PC to a Mac (anyone with advice on doing this please chime in).  Since I have this lovely Labor Day weekend, completely free of my regular job duties, I [...]

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