Identification

Feather Abrasion

Byjepbird@att.net September 8, 2020July 3, 2025

Here’s a pix of feather I found this morning showing feather abrasion.

Identification

Starlings

Byjepbird@att.net September 28, 2023July 3, 2025

These guys are pests to native species, but there is some interesting plumage this time of year.

History | Identification

“Wheatear”

Byjepbird@att.net April 14, 2023July 3, 2025

Anyone been curious about the word “Wheatear”? According to Peter Mathisson in “The Tree Where Man was Born” it’s old english for “whte arse”. (Painting by David A. Sibley)

B3 Class | Identification

B3 Common Ford Field Trip

Byjepbird@att.net December 21, 2021July 3, 2025

Don’t remember posting these from last B3 FT.

Gulls | Identification

Gulls Lake Ray Hubbard

Byjepbird@att.net February 12, 2021July 3, 2025

Well I’ve been out gulling most days this week. Staying at my sister’s who lives near a favorite gull location on Lake Ray Hubbard. I’ve been looking for, and thought I’d found, variously Iceland gull (Thayers), California Gull, and today a great black backed gull. After review of bad digiscoped-through-the-fog-in-the-chill-breeze pix and videos and consultation…