Tag Archives: Bird

Sunday Switchup: Gloster Canary

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Adam Lang

This bird has the most ridiculous haircut that anyone has had since the late 1960s. Except perhaps Lady Gaga.

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Sunday Switchup: Bentley the Black-Headed Caique

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Adam Lang

Look who I ran into while wandering Fillmore Street on Saturday! Bentley is a girl, and may well be older than you, at 27 years of age. I asked where the name came from, and her dad told me that … Continue reading →

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Sunday Switchup: Anna’s Humingbird

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Adam Lang

Anyway, Autumn and I were hiking last weekend and saw a little knot of people staring at something in a bush. As we got closer, we discovered that it was an Anna’s hummingbird, maybe five feet away from the closest … Continue reading →

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Sunday Switchup: BLACK PHOEBE!

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Adam Lang

It sounds to me like a comic book villain, but who am I to judge?

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Sunday Switchup: Big Black Bird

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Adam Lang

I think I probably heard what this guy is when I was out at WildCare but I don’t remember, and I have no real idea. I think his beak is too short for him to be a pelican. Edit: Tommaso says ‘cormorant’, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Switchup: Pelican

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Adam Lang

Not sure what kind of pelican. But I’m pretty sure it’s a pelican.

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Sunday Switchup: Pigeon

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Adam Lang

I don’t spend a lot of time taking pictures of pigeons, but this one amused me. I took the pictures, and then I went and moved the chip bag out of the street, because although I admit to not being … Continue reading →

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Sunday Switchup: (Double-Crested?) Cormorant

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Adam Lang

Kind of hard to see the differences between some of the cormorant species, but I’ll take a stab anyway.

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Sunday Switchup: Black-Crowned Night-Heron?

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Adam Lang

I start my new job tomorrow… everyone wish me luck. I ran into this fine lady (maybe? Apparently the females are smaller…) when I was visiting Marin’s WildCare Center, where Autumn and I are members. But no, this is not a rescued … Continue reading →

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Cat-Bird-Day Supplement: Clark’s Grebe

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Adam Lang

I am pretty sure this is a Clark’s grebe, but it could be a western grebe, or possibly a soul-eating destroyer-bird. (Those red eyes… creepy!)

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