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Shasta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation

August 1st, 2010 · 11 Comments

Wildlife rehabilitation is essential to return wild animals that have been injured or orphaned, due to human activity or natural disaster, back into the wild.  It is an important aspect of protecting wild animals, biodiversity and the environment in our ever expanding human sprawl. Luckily the folks in Shasta County can count on an excellent [...]

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Tags: Bird Photography Weekly · Conservation · Feeding Wild Birds

Fledglings And Juvenile Birds Visiting My Yard

August 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

California Quail Pair photos by Larry Jordan I have seen several pair of California Quail with their young in the last week or so.  They have been coming to our pond to drink.  There had to be at least twenty little quail scurrying away when I came around the corner of the house the other [...]

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Tags: Bird Sightings · Feeding Wild Birds · I and the Bird

Acorn Woodpecker Juveniles Coming To My Feeders For Bird Photography Weekly

July 5th, 2009 · 14 Comments

Acorn Female With Juvenile all photos by Larry Jordan Acorn Woodpeckers are cooperative breeders and live in family groups of a dozen or more individuals. I have been getting daily visits by a family teaching their juveniles where to go to get the good stuff! Note this juvenile (in the foreground) has blue irises and [...]

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House Finches Revisited II – 13 Days Old

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

House Finch Chicks at about 13 days photo by Larry Jordan As you can see these chicks are fully feathered and nearly ready to fledge.  House Finches usually fledge at day 16.  In most songbird species, the parents carry the fecal sacs out of the nest and dispose of them but the House Finch doesn’t do this.  [...]

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The Acorn Woodpecker – Bring In The Clowns

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Bring In The Clowns photo by Mark Schmitt The Acorn Woodpecker is easily identifiable by their clown-like faces.  They also show a conspicuous white rump and white wing patches when they are in flight. Just Hanging Around photo by Mark Schmitt Woodpeckers, like parrots, have two toes pointing forward and two hind toes giving them a [...]

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