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Common Black Hawk (busardo negro aka. gavilán cangrejero negro (lit. Black Crab-eating Hawk) Peninsula de Papagayo, Liberia, Guanacaste Prov...

Steak-backed Oriole ( turpial dorsilistado aka. turpial de fuego (lit. Fire Oriole!)) Peninsula de Papagayo, Liberia, Guanacaste Province, C...

Well, I went back to Costa Rica , just over ten years since my last trip. Costa Rica is a well known birders paradise, boasting more than 90...

Ruffed Grouse aka. Patridgde, aka. Pheasant, aka. Prairie Chicken (all colloq., inaccurate) aka. Thunder-chicken East Glacier Park, Montana...

  Purple Martin Vollmer Peak, Orinda, California, USA July 2022 Member of the Swallow Family §A  Gulp  of  Swallows § (dubious about this cl...

Black-bellied Whistling Duck , fka Black-bellied Tree Duck Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands, Florida, USA April 2022 Member of the Ducks...

Ring-necked Duck aka. Ringbill Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA December 2020 Member of the Ducks, Geese, and Swans Family ...

Pigeon Guillemot Soberanes Point, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA August 2020 Member of the Auks, Murres, and Puffins Family §A Bazaar o...

 Hello bird fans! As you might have known from my Grouse Grousing last month, I recently took a trip to Mono Lake. It was a wonderful trip,...

Townsend's Warbler Hilltop Lake Park, Richmond, California, USA December 2019 Member of the Wood Warbler Family §A Fall of Warbl...

Northern Harrier Kennedy Park, Napa, California, USA December 2018 Member of the Kites, Eagles, and Hawks Family §A Swarm of Harriers...

Rivoli's Hummingbird aka. Magnificent Hummingbird (arch., but extremely complimentary) Madera Canyon, Arizona July 2019 Member o...

Black Scoter aka. Common Scoter Richmond Marina, Richmond, California, USA January 2019 Member of the Ducks, Geese, and Swans Family ...

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Nisenan Tribute Site, Nevada City, California, USA February 2019 Member of the Kinglet Family §A Princedom of K...

Wrentit Solstice Canyon Park, Malibu, California, USA July 2018 Member of the Sylvid Family [Etymology Corner] As you might expect ...

Red-whiskered Bulbul aka. Crested Bulbul Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia, California, USA July 2018 Member ...

Brown Thrasher aka. Brown Thrush aka. Fox-coloured Thrush (erroneous, archaic) Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia, USA April 20...

Western Kingbird aka. Arkansas Kingbird (archaic) Mt Burdell Preserve, Novato, California, USA May 2018 Member of the Tyrant/Flycat...

Red-breasted Merganser Monterrey Bay, Monterrey, California, USA   January 2018   Member of the Ducks, Geese, and Swans Family   §A ...

Rhinoceros Auklet aka. Rhino Auklet aka. Unicorn Puffin( ?! ) aka. Horn-billed Puffin Monterrey Bay, Monterrey, California, USA Januar...