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Anna’s Hummingbird – Male Dive Display

March 6th, 2010 · 14 Comments

Anna’s Hummingbird Female Being Courted photos by Larry Jordan
Spring is in the air in Northern California even though it is still a couple of weeks away. Anna’s Hummingbirds, as I stated in an earlier post, nest early and thus avoid competition from other hummingbird species. They may begin nesting in November or December but these [...]

Marsh Wren Building A Nest And Singing

February 28th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Marsh Wren Singing and Nest Building photos by Larry Jordan
I was able to visit Delevan and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuges Saturday and was able to witness something I had never seen, a Marsh Wren building a nest. There were Marsh Wrens singing everywhere during my visit, wherever the bulrushes grew, they were singing. Here is [...]

Last Day of the Great Backyard Bird Count

February 21st, 2010 · 10 Comments

Bewick’s Wren photos by Larry Jordan
On the last day of the Great Backyard Bird Count, I took a trip into town to run some errands and did two counts in two different areas. I arrived at the first location at sunrise hoping to find the Great Horned Owl nest I photographed last spring but the [...]

My First Day of the Great Backyard Bird Count

February 13th, 2010 · 14 Comments

Anna’s Hummingbird Female photo by Larry Jordan
I got in my first day of counting for the Great Backyard Bird Count today. It began with an Anna’s Hummingbird outside my window. I didn’t take a photo of the one outside my window but I’m posting theses photos that I took while at the Wildhorse Golf Club, [...]