Group Photo

From Pinnacles

Juvenile growth

Juvenile orange-crowned warbler growing in flight feathers


Growing in belly feathers, not to be mistaken for a brood patch

Thrush in the net

Hummingbird tail

Allen's Hummingbird tail

Raw chicken

A very ripe brood patch

Spotted Owl Nestling

Yesterday Amanda, Todd and I went out with one of PRBO's biologists who does spotted owl surveys around Marin county. We went to a site where we hoped to find a pair and their fledgling. We spent two hours searching, only to find the youngster post giving up.

Here's the female doing some preening


The male sitting near the fledgling


Fledgling

Best day so far

Today Amanda and I had a really great day banding at Redwood Creek. We caught a total of 41 birds, with 16 species. The highlights were 2 barn swallows, a tree swallow, a black-headed grosbeak, a warbling vireo, and mix of juvenile birds! We also ran into a female common merganser with 4 chicks, shortly before peeking into the hummingbird nest I found the week before, which now has two cute little raisin-like nestlings in it.

Female black-headed grosbeak


Steller's Jay


Barn swallow #1



Barn swallow #1, female


Barn swallow #2, male



Barn swallow #2, awesome tail, and with a couple of retained primaries in there


Barn swallow secondaries, very cool heart shape, which you don't see in other birds


Male California quail






All three of us, wearing hats


Tree swallow




Hummingbird raisins