California Loves Our Nuttall’s Woodpeckers

March 13, 2012

Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) Male photos by Larry Jordan This little woodpecker would be a California endemic if Baja California belonged to the United States. They are cavity nesters in our oak woodlands feeding primarily on insects but they also add nuts and seeds to their diet as well as sap. This fellow has decided [...]

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California Condor Ready to Hatch at San Diego Zoo

March 9, 2012

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) courtesy Wikipedia Commons California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) parents, Sisquoc and Shatash, have been patiently caring for and incubating their egg that is now beginning the first stage of hatching. The egg started to pip yesterday and the pip-to-hatch period can last between 48 and 72 hours. You can watch this process [...]

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If You Love Birds You Will Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline

March 8, 2012

I have been blogging about this catastrophe for over three years but I am pleased to say that today the senate narrowly rejected a Republican measure that would have allowed construction on the Keystone XL pipeline to begin immediately. This issue is so important on so many fronts I can’t even begin to impress on [...]

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Keystone Xl Pipeline Big Vote Coming Up

March 7, 2012

Please join me in telling our senators that the Keystone Pipeline must be stopped. If built, the Keystone XL Pipeline would transport dirty tar-sands oil across six states and hundreds of water bodies, making any spill an unacceptable risk. An existing pipeline called Keystone 1 has already leaked 14 times since it started operating in [...]

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Black-necked Stilts Mate Guarding

March 6, 2012

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) photos by Larry Jordan These slender wading birds are so elegant in their contrasting plumage and their long, slender reddish legs as they slowly forage through the shallow wetlands. In the photo above, the female Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is in the foreground with the two darker males behind (click on photos for [...]

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Acorn Woodpeckers Arrive at 10000 Birds

February 29, 2012

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) Juvenile Female Please check out my latest West Coast Beat Writer post over at 10000 Birds on the “Clowns of the Avian World.” Did you like this? Share it:

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