amateurnithologist

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

Tricolored Blackbird Vanden Road, Vacaville, California, USA April 2019 Member of the Blackbird Family §A Merl  of Blackbirds § ★ Nor...

Lately I've had this experience a lot, where I get a picture of a cool looking bird that I don't think I've gotten before, and w...

Island Scrub-Jay aka. Island Jay aka. Santa Cruz Jay aka. Santa Cruz Island Scrub-Jay Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Isla...

Western Meadowlark Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary, Tiburon, California, USA January 2017 Member of the Blackbird/Oriole ...

Cardinal A Cardinal B  Welcome back to 2 Different Birds , the popular feature in which we help you step up your amateur birdin...

Let's be frank, your amateurnithologist is in over his head here. I never realized how difficult shorebirds could be until I visited the...

Today on amateurnithologist we bring you two similar members of the rail family who are, in fact, different birds. Looking at these two,...

Ducks! Ducks! Ducks! Pictured above: A Chaos of Ducks Blog readers, I promised you I would blog more ducks this year, and have I got ...

Ready for some birdin' 101? Of course you're not, you are only a casual consumer of bird knowledge. Otherwise you'd be visiting ...

Greater Yellowlegs Berkeley, California, USA Member of the Sandpiper Family ~true bird fact~ Greater Yellowlegs are notoriously unders...