The Birders Report

Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) Male photos by Larry Jordan At the end of each year I like to go back and look at the bird photographs I have taken and choose the ones I like the best for a “favorite bird photo” post. I usually choose one photo for each month but this year I have [...]

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Wood Duck Female photos by Larry Jordan Last week at Lema Ranch, not only was I able to watch a Great Egret fishing (see previous post), but I watched Wood Ducks hunting damselflies!  Another behavior I had never seen before. Lema Pond was covered with hundreds of damselflies, many of them in tandem, and the [...]

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Great Egret Portrait photos by Larry Jordan While scouting Lema Ranch for an upcoming bird walk to kick off the Northern California Audubon Chapter Council meeting, hosted by Wintu Audubon, October 23rd, I spotted a Great Egret (the organizational symbol of the National Audubon Society) fishing the channel between Lema Pond and Hidden Pond.  I [...]

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Savannah Sparrow photos by Larry Jordan I had the chance to do a little birding before the Burrowing Owl Consortium meeting a few weeks ago and found several Savannah Sparrows at Shollenberger Park in Petaluma.  I got some good shots of this bird as it foraged in the open near a graveled walkway that meandered [...]

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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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