amateurnithologist

 Greetings bird fans. You know, something I've learned over the years of doing this blog is that all birds are great, but not all bird n...

  Cackling Goose Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline, Richmond, California, USA November 2020 Member of the Ducks, Geese, and Swans Family §A  Pl...

Last week's bird, Western Meadowlark , and his rivalry with Northern Cardinal got me thinking about state birds. Specifically it got me ...

My first portrait of a Turkey is from very early on in this blog's lifetime, 2012 to be exact. Back then I described the Turkey as a ...

Light Brahma aka. Brahma Pootra aka. Burnham aka. Gray Chittagong aka. Shanghai Castello di Amorosa, Calistoga, California, USA Januar...

African Goose Kennedy Park, Napa, California, USA October 2015 Member of the Ducks, Geese, and Swans Family §A Gaggle of Geese § ...

Muscovy Duck aka. Barbary Duck aka. Common Duck aka. Forest Duck aka. Greater Wood Duck aka. pato criollo ("creole duck") aka....