The Birders Report

Common Merganser Female photos by Larry Jordan Following the episode at Turtle Bay when I found the Belted Kingfisher and watched the Green Heron preening, I decided to revisit that location, a few days later,  in another attempt at photographing the kingfisher or Common Mergansers I had seen.  I have spotted Belted Kingfishers nearly every [...]

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Male House Sparrow photos by Larry Jordan As I made what I thought would be my last nest box monitoring walk through Palo Cedro Community Park this afternoon, the House Sparrow eyeballing me from a branch above confirmed my nest and egg identification.  My nest box had been taken over by House Sparrows!  This will [...]

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Violet-green Swallow Nestling photos by Larry Jordan This Violet-green Swallow nestling was looking for its breakfast this morning when I went out at 6:00 a.m. to check on them.  The sun was just coming up over the horizon and this young bird was looking to fill that creamy gape with some flying insects. Of course [...]

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Pygmy Nuthatch photos by Larry Jordan I enjoyed our annual Audubon outing at Lassen Volcanic National Park this last weekend.  The first spot I went to check out was at Manzanita Lake where we saw a nesting Pygmy Nuthatch back in 2008.  The snag occupied for the past two years was vacant but just across [...]

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Western Bluebird With Worm photos by Larry Jordan Last week was a pretty great week for me.  I had the pleasure of leading a bird outing for Wintu Audubon, teaching folks about cavity nesting birds and how to monitor a bluebird trail.  It was very exciting and rewarding for me to share this experience with [...]

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