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“The Sounds of Spring” article from Press Democrat, 4/20/2017

by John Shribbs | Apr 21, 2017 | Categories: Birds and News. | 0 Comments

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...

Recent Bird Photos by Deb Sheppard

by John Shribbs | Apr 18, 2017 | Categories: Birds. | 0 Comments

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...

Common Gallinule

by John Shribbs | Apr 17, 2017 | Categories: Birds and Bob Dyer. | 0 Comments

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...

Great-tailed Grackle Nesting, Ellis Creek, 2017

by John Shribbs | Apr 3, 2017 | Categories: Birds and Bob Dyer. | 0 Comments

From Bob Dyer, doing what he did best, sharing his love of nature, esp. birds: GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE NESTING, ELLIS CREEK, 2017 My images of Great-tailed Grackle in the Petaluma Wetlands...

Red-Shouldered Hawk Pair Are Building a Home

by John Shribbs | Mar 30, 2017 | Categories: Birds and Bob Dyer. | 0 Comments

From Bob Dyer: Well, looks like our Red-shouldered Hawk are old enough! March 28. You have seen this before. Female is left and male to the right. March 29. These pictures were taken from 10:15...

Red Shouldered Hawk Pair Seen Today

by John Shribbs | Mar 28, 2017 | Categories: Birds, Bob Dyer, and Ellis Creek. | 0 Comments

From Bob Dyer: I saw a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks on a eucalyptus tree at Ellis Creek today. There is an old nest there that several breeding pairs have used before.