The Birders Report https://thebirdersreport.com A Bird's Eye View Of The World Sat, 05 Nov 2022 20:31:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Harris’s Sparrow. A New Lifer For Me! https://thebirdersreport.com/2021/03/06/the-harriss-sparrow-a-new-lifer-for-me/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:02:53 +0000 https://thebirdersreport.com/?p=6973 The Harris’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) is usually only found in the south central plains of the United States in the winter and during migration. This bird has been very rare in Shasta County having only been recorded here 16 times. According to Cornell’s “Birds of the World,” the Harris’s Sparrow is listed as Near Threatened […]

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]]> My Trip to Costa Rica Part 2 https://thebirdersreport.com/2019/03/21/my-trip-to-costa-rica-part-2/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:00:56 +0000 https://thebirdersreport.com/?p=6993 Before leaving Olguita’s on the second day in Costa Rica, I spotted this migrant male Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) pictured above, but I also enjoyed a resident Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas), both lifers! Since the weather was not favorable for snorkeling I decided to kayak up the local Quebrada Ernesto Inlet. Climbing into the kayak I noticed a Three-toed […]

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]]> My Trip to Costa Rica Part 1 https://thebirdersreport.com/2019/03/07/my-trip-to-costa-rica-part-1/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:00:15 +0000 https://thebirdersreport.com/?p=6854 I recently returned from a twelve day birding tour of Costa Rica with Lifer Tours guided by an incredible birder, David Rodriquez. I began the trip with a rather long drive from the airport hotel in San Jose to Punta Uva on the southern Caribbean coast for a couple of “free” days before joining the […]

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]]> It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes https://thebirdersreport.com/2018/12/13/its-time-to-clean-out-your-nest-boxes/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:00:35 +0000 https://thebirdersreport.com/?p=6997 Birds can be attracted to your home simply by offering food, water and shelter. Trees and shrubs that yield fruit, berries, seeds, nuts and cones will provide food. Birdbaths or pools can be built to supply water, and feeders strategically placed around the yard will furnish supplementary food for the birds when natural sources diminish. […]

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]]> The American Coot – One of the Least Appreciated Birds in North America https://thebirdersreport.com/2018/11/29/the-american-coot-one-of-the-least-appreciated-birds-in-north-america/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:00:49 +0000 https://thebirdersreport.com/?p=6999 Maybe it’s because the American Coot (Fulica americana) is the most abundant and widely distributed species of rail in North America that it gets no respect? I mean we see them everywhere, in almost any of a broad variety of wetlands, including freshwater lakes, ponds, marshes, roadside ditches, and industrial-waste impoundments, as well as in coastal marine […]

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]]> Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! https://thebirdersreport.com/2018/11/22/happy-thanksgiving-everyone/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:34:37 +0000 https://thebirdersreport.com/?p=6840 Today, I want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! At this time of year our hearts go out to those who are enduring severe hardships across our country. Especially in California, where we have had the worst fires in our history, people have lost everything. Many have lost their homes and many have lost […]

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