March 23, 2004: The Red-winged Blackbird. This one photographed in Boise, Idaho.
July 4, 2006: Mourning Dove building its nest at a friend's home. Santa Ana, California.
July 15, 2006: The Yellow-billed Cardinal, often mistaken for its cousin the Red-crested Cardinal. This one photographed on the Big Island of Hawaii.
July 21, 2007: Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) found in the Fortworth Botanical Gardens, Texas.
July 20, 2007: The Jabiru, a large stork native to the Americas. This one was photographed in the Dallas Aquarium, Texas.
August 16, 2007: The Nene, (aka Hawaiian Goose, Branta sandvicensis). It is the official state bird of Hawaii and is the rarest goose in the world. It is endemic to Hawaiian Islands.
April 26, 2009: The Common Turn. Bolsa Chica Reserve, Huntington Beach, California.
September 19, 2009: Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo). This was at the zoo of the Pomona Fair in Los Angeles.
Laughing Gull
May 4, 2018, San Diego Zoo: West African Black Crowned-Crane.
October 11, 2024: Heermann's Gull, Ensenada, Mexico.
April 22, 2025: Cormorant on the Tarcoles River in Costa Rica.
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April 25, 2025: Citreoline Trogon in Huatulco, Mexico. [kj]
May 1, 2017: Green Heron (Butorides virescens), locally known in Barbados as the "Little Gaulin".
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April 25, 2025: Yellow-winged Cacique (Cassiculus melanicurus), in Huatulco, Mexico. [kj]
August 13, 2009: Hawaain Red-crested Cardinal.
November 15, 2022: The Osprey hanging out over the Florida Everglades.
September 2, 2014: Bald Eagle, Juneau, Alaska.
May 8, 2017: Conflict with Laughing Gulls.
December 27, 2022: Mud nest of the Swallows. Oceanside California.
April 22, 2025: Great Kiskadee in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Collared Aracari
December 23, 2022: The Crows in our neighborhood on the "Warpath". Fountain Valley, California.
May 1, 2017: Blackbird resting on a dripping "standpipe" in Bathsheba, Barbados.
January 2, 2025: Juvenile Red-tailed Haw sitting high on a tree near the Cabrillo Marine Museum in San Pedro, California.
April 24, 2025: Juvenile Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster). This one along with other birds were flying close to the deck of the Caribbean Princess as we were cruising from Costa Rica to Huatulco.
July 4, 2018: Steller's Jay spotted in Big Bear.
September 28, 2010: Western Gull by the Embarcadero in San Francisco.
July 3, 2013: Secretarybird at San Diego Zoo.
May 24, 2017: Flamingoes at Sea World San Diego.
June 11, 2019: American Robin in Mile Square Park, Fountain Valley, California.
June 11, 2019: American Robin in Mile Square Park, Fountain Valley, California.
August 11, 2013: Juvenile Brown Pelican at Oceanside, California.
July 4, 2018: Female Hairy Woodpecker. Location near Big Bear Lake, California.
May 11, 2025: Cinnamon Teal in San Joaquin Wildlife Reserve in Irvine, California.
May 11, 2025: Snowy Egret at San Joaquin Wildlife Reserve, Irvine, California.
December 27, 2024: The Great Egret at Mile Square Park. To avoid confusion with the Snowy Egret, remember that the Snowy Egret is generally smaller and has a solid black bill.
February 25, 2022: Great White Pelican in Mile Square Park.
February 25, 2022: Three Great White Pelicans in Mile Square Park.
February 19, 2022: Black Phoebe in Huntington Beach Central Park East.
June 11, 2019: Commorant in Mile Square Park.
August 30, 2016: California Condor at the San Diego Zoo.
November 13, 2022: Common Gallinula (Gallinula galeata). I found this in Weston Park in Florida.
February 17, 2023: Female Western Blue Bird in Mile Square Park, Fountain Valley.
March 15, 2025: Male Western Bluebird at Huntington Beach Central Park.
December 28, 2024: Northern Shovellers at San Joaquin Wildlife Reserve, Irvine, California.
Frigate Bird
March 15, 2025: adult male Vermillion Flycatcher at Huntington Beach Central Park East in California. #2
March 15, 2025: adult male Vermillion Flycatcher at Huntington Beach Central Park East in California. #1
May 25, 2019: "Wagon Train" of Canada Geese in Mile Square Park. Very organized and protective of their young.
August 3, 2019 - Escondido: Demoiselle crane
August 3, 2019 - Escondido: Malagasy ibis
August 3, 2019 - Escondido: Night Heron
October 13, 2023 - Ensenada: Pelican fishing in the waters of the Mexican harbor.
May 30, 2010 - Sacramento: Brewer's Blackbird