Category: Birds
Park Sentries: Canada Geese
Cover photo: © Don DeBold, 2017, some rights reserved.
Learn about the Canada goose, a common visitor to California’s parks and fields.
Backyard Buzzers: Anna’s Hummingbirds
Cover photo: © jacksnipe1990, 2017, some rights reserved.
Sound produced by tail feathers? Nests made of spiderwebs? Learn about these facts and more in our post about the Bay Area’s winter hummingbird.
Ocean Gliders: California Brown Pelicans
Cover Photo: © Frank Schulenburg, 2016, some rights reserved.
Brown pelicans have made a dramatic return from their critically low numbers in the 1970’s due to the effects of DDT. However, the fight for the brown pelican is far from over: today, they face threats from food scarcity as Pacific sardine and anchovy numbers have shown declines.
Mysterious Declines: The American Kestrel
Cover photo: © Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith, 2007, some rights reserved.
Learn about North America’s smallest falcon and its mysterious decline across the United States.
Colorful Corvid: The Yellow-billed Magpie
Cover photo: © Marcel Holyoak, 2011, some rights reserved.
Did you know that our site logo is a yellow-billed magpie? Learn more about why we chose this stunning bird.
Treetops to the Ocean: Marbled Murrelets
Cover photo: © Aaron Maizlish, 2017, some rights reserved.
Marbled murrelets are full of surprises – defying all expectations of a seabird, they nest high up in redwood trees. Learn about their nest discovery in 1974 and their close ties with coast redwoods.
