California

Redgannet, the blog, has taken a back seat while 10,000 Birds does most of the driving and Mrs Gannet does…

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker’s (Picoides nattallii) diet consists mainly of (about 80%) insects, primarily captured by probing and gleaning from tree bark….

California is big. Not just the state itself, which covers over 150,000 square miles, but also its parks, natural areas, and,…

The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is the third largest woodpecker in North America if you count the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. It…

[If you are looking for my first-Tuesday-of-the-month book review, it will be in this spot next week. For now, I…

When one thinks of taking a birdcation somewhere in the U.S., the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska,…

It was the bobbing action on the rocks that drew my attention to the bird.  This was a family vacation…

There’s something very matter-of-fact about seeking out non-native target species. There’s very little thrill of the hunt, very little excitement….

It was July of 2012. I arrived at Lassen Volcanic National Park around 7:00 a.m. It was a cool 48…

I’ve spent a fair bit of time on the ocean on right side of North America. Not as much as…