The Birders Report

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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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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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 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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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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