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Spring is the nesting season for birds. Last time out, I discussed birdhouses, a valuable preliminary tool for certain cavity-nesting songbirds. But for some birds, the nesting process is already well underway — some babies are already out and about! Today I’d like to talk about how to see and recognize young birds, which is […] ....
One of the nicer ideas that humanity has come up with over the years is that of birdhouses. We construct little boxes that suit the nesting needs of various birds, perhaps add a few decorative touches to give it a homey feeling in our human eyes and then hang it up in a tree to […] ....
The best part of spring is the dawn chorus, the early morning torrent of birdsong that occurs during the nesting season. This is the clearest sign of the most dramatic natural event encountered by many modern humans: the moment in the Earth’s annual cycle around the sun when warming temperatures and extended day length lead […] ....
Spring has come and birds are on the move. Many summer birds are yet to appear; April will be the peak month of arrivals. Some species, however, conduct their travels on a slightly earlier schedule and are already arriving in Marin after their journeys from the south. The most notable of our March arrivals are […] ....
Californians have something special to celebrate at this time of year, something that most of the country doesn’t have we have hummingbirds all year round. If you were in, say, New York, hummingbirds would be something like an April-to-October phenomenon. If you were in Europe, Africa, Asia or Australia, you would never see one […] ....