The Birders Report

Sunrise over Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge photos by Larry Jordan Last weekend I reserved a photo blind (hide as it’s called across the pond) and got some pretty good photographs and also counted birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count 2011 (see previous post). There are two blinds at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) [...]

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Ferruginous Hawk, 400mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO 320 Another year is coming to a close and I thought it would be fun to post some of my favorite bird photos of 2010.  It was not easy selecting photographs for this post.  I began going through my pictures and found some I had forgotten that I [...]

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Wilson’s Snipe Sitting On A Post photos by Larry Jordan According to Wikipedia, a snipe hunt is “a form of wild-goose chase that is also known as a fool’s errand, a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous  newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The origin of [...]

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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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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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