Birding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months : November

From Peter Colasanti, 11-17      By early November most of the long distance migrant birds have taken the advice of their DNA and relocated to the longer and sunnier days of the neotropics.  Soon to come will be those driven south by even...

Birding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Year : October

From Peter Colasanti      In October the migration of long distance landbirds is largely past, though some possibilities for finding vagrants remain, even in the Petaluma Wetlands.  What’s more noticeable is the arrival of some of our...
Chapter 6 of Bob’s Wildlife and Birds – Mute Swans

Chapter 6 of Bob’s Wildlife and Birds – Mute Swans

From Bob Dyer email 10-2016 MUTE SWAN The mention of “swans” in the mind of many adults, conjures up a mental picture, probably similar to the one above. These are the graceful creatures of fairy tales and legend. They are probably the most imaged bird in the...

Birding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Year : September

From Peter Colasanti, 09-17:      September is the richest month for birding generally in Northern California, and that very wealth creates challenges.  Populations of most species are roughly double those of the lean spring, but many are...
Great-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Chapter 4 of Bob’s Birds: Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscales  mexicanus  It has been named the “devil bird”.  From USA Today (2013): “When they arrive in flocks, they cause trouble.  The Kroeger supermarket on...

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