Chapter 5 of Bob’s Wetland History and our Birds – Great Blue Heron.
By Bob Dyer, from email sent out 9-2016 The Great Blue Heron (GBHE) is the largest heron (or egret) in North America. It varies from 45-54 inches tall. Weight depends upon location within the continent. This information is from Wikipedia. Oregon is the closest...
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...
“The Sounds of Spring” article from Press Democrat, 4/20/2017
The sounds of spring Recordings of bird calls reveal hidden details about shifting state of native ecosystems By STEPHEN NETT FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The drought has officially broken, the signs are everywhere. Lush grass carpets the hillsides, oaks are leafing...
Recent Bird Photos by Deb Sheppard
From Deb Sheppard, visit to Shollenberger Park, April 14th: Like many of our birds at Shollenberger, the Eared Grebes are coming into their breeding plumage! During breeding season they display their golden plumes that give them their name Eared Grebe. The...
Common Gallinule
THE COMMON GALLINULE When I started “birding” about 20 years ago at Shollenberger, we called this species the “Common Moorhen”. It was renamed the “Common Gallinule in 2011 by the American Ornithologists’ Union. It is termed the...You Belong Together!
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