West Coast

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

Northern California’s Christmas Bird Counts started out with a bang this year. Saturday, December 14th, the first day of the…

The Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a non-migratory bird that lives primarily in Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine forests in western North America….

Wastewater Treatment Plants are known to birders all over the country as great birding spots. If constructed properly, these facilities…

This spunky little finch is the smallest member of the North American genus Carduelis. I caught this male pictured above…

During March and April the Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) begin showing up in Southern California but we don’t usually see…

The male Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) is unmistakable. He is the only tanager with strong wing bars, the anterior wing…

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park sits on the eastern edge of the Cascade Range between two active volcanoes, Mount Shasta…

  Anna’s Hummingbird Female (Calypte anna) Bathing and Preening at the Waterfall Hummingbirds don’t always sip nectar or sugar water….

The Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) can be found along the Pacific Coast of North America from Alaska to Baja California….