I’ve thrown birdsong recordings at you in the past, but how do you go about remembering all this stuff? Here, I reveal my secret methods.
Birds
The Brown-Bird: California Towhee
The brown-bird, formally known as the California towhee, is as plain as they come. But most everyone likes them – herein we explore the paradox.
Ten Woodland Bird Songs
We started Part I of your birdsong odyssey in the backyard. Part II takes us to the oak woodland, a land of multitudinous singing birds.
Bird Conservation at the Backyard Level
Would you like to have more birds in your yard and around your neighborhood? This is how to do it.
Birding Your Five Mile Radius
The biggest thing in 2019 birding is a rather small thing: the five mile radius. How many birds are within five miles of your home?
Woodpeckers
We have seven local woodpecker species, with peak woodpecker season happening right now. How many of the seven have you seen?
Big Year #7: The End
The penultimate report on my 2018 Thoreauvian Big Year came at the end of October: today is the final chapter! Did I make it to 200 species?
Big Year #6: October Update
A number of birds are best seen in fall migration – what did autumn add to the species tally on Jack’s Thoreauvian Big Year?
The Winter Warblers
We have two migratory warblers who nest to our north and then fly south to our latitudes for the winter: the yellow-rumped and Townsend’s warblers. One is known as “butter-butt” and the other is my candidate for Most Beautiful Bird in Novato.
Bird-A-Thon 2018
How many birds can you find in Northeast Marin on a single fall day? The Wild Birders Unlimited try to find out in our first Bird-A-Thon.