#california birds

[wingedjewels]

House Wren and Young by TJ Hastings Via Flickr: House wren chicks in their nest begging with open mouths ready to be fed by their parent.

[muttball]

Caught these California Condors while riding my harley at Big Sur.

[onlygot20mins]

Inspired by the dead bird post, and because I'm an ornithology person in another life, here's more--

Diego and Birds:

"We can learn much from observing our winged visitors. Each has it's own personality."

"Ring-neck doves, grouse, and quail all abound in California, but not homing pigeons." Diego knows his local avifauna!

El original, "Pobrecillo." aka dead bird

"Oh don't worry, she's not hurt." aka not dead bird!:)

Disapproval: Don Diego not believing for one second that bad guy of the week is qualified to handle that beautiful Peregrine. About to go start some legal polices for the regulation of falconry practice in Mexico, because we love a good side project!

Justice for the people. Justice and freedom for the fastest bird on earth!! (Just be careful now if you're one of those doves or quail😅)

[werewuffart]

BIRD OF THE WEEK: Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii )

[accidentallyrose]

A red breasted sapsucker at work.

[pelagodes]

Some Western bluebirds for these trying times

[mariyekos]

I've seen a pair of birds in my yard twice now that I can't identify and man it's driving me crazy because I want to know what they are. Either they're not in my Birds of California book or I'm bad at identifying them because nothing I've seen there matches these guys. Do any of my followers (or anyone who happens to see this) know enough about birds to help identify them? I'm in Southern California for reference.

They have brown heads and wings, and their tails seem to be brown or yellow. You can't really tell in the picture, but their chests were a very evenly patterned black and white, either stripes or dots. In this shot I got a side view of one and a front view of the other so it's the best I have. I'd say they were about the size of a house finch, maybe a little bigger.

Above: the two birds I saw. Both times I saw them, I saw two.

For reference the black-white pattern on their chests was very uniform and pretty solidly black/white (or at least so i thought from 10 or 15 feet away through a window). Less like the left and more like the right.

[mushbeast]

i love this creature, the california quail

[rosechata]

august light and birdsong

[lowcountry-gothic]

Hummingbird nesting on cactus, Living Desert Gardens in Palm Desert, California.

[citizen4boysenberrryjam]

The many perspectives of an Anna’s hummer

[jc648192]

Lost Bird! Reward:$500!!/ Cockatiel (Fremont)

Update: Someone saw my bird near Monroe Middle School, San Jose 95128, 8/20 around 7 PM. She's likely still wandering around the area. If you live nearby, please keep an eye out. Please, if you have any information, contact me immediately. Your help is greatly appreciated!

My bird a lutino cockatiel, named Milky was LOST on July 27, 2024, in Fremont 94538, CA. and on July 30, someone last saw her near Westinghouse Drive, Fremont 94539, if you see her or find her, please contact me, thank you so much!

[zipsunz]

a comic i made for hero's birthday 🍳 ✨

(art by me, script by @sunkitty143!)

[snowtish]

[sleepy-sluggo]

Lesbian seagulls for pride month happy pride month

[pangeen]

" Burrowing Owl " //© Ben Jiang