10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
More than 99% of the population of Tricolored Blackbirds ( Agelaius tricolor ) live within the state of California and form the largest colonies of any North American passerine bird 1. The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2013
For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat. In these situations, the birds have been treated like pests and targeted for extermination, or lost their eggs and nestlings to harvesting of the fields. All photos by Keiller Kyle, courtesy of Audubon California.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2013
I know this not from the gradual appearance of robins, grackles, and blackbirds around me, but rather from the fact that our local schools are about to embark on spring break. We won’t be leaving town until after the weekend, but plan to celebrate Easter the way we always do: egg hunt, baskets, and a nice hike.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2012
Some might contest this, saying that Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hatches An Egg precedes Eastman’s book by twenty years. But since Horton is an elephant, and since the creature that hatches from the egg is an elephant-bird, I’m going to wait till 10,000 Birds does a Hybrid Bird Week before discussing this representative of the Seussiverse.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2020
And then there are those startling bright red eyes, which distinguish them from all other blackbirds in my region, and make them look quite capable of peering into your soul and taking over your will. I’m not particularly proud of these photos. A cool, slightly spooky blackbird versus a muddy-looking blackbird?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2015
A few Rusty Blackbirds made it through the winter but there are many more about now and they are far more vocal. The Snow Geese at Big Egg Marsh were fun to photograph as they landed on the field on Saturday. A very serendipitous shot. This one was imitating a rusty gate from a perch in Kissena Park.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2024
Unlike the Common Cuckoo, the young GSC doesn’t eject its foster parents’ eggs or chicks from the nest, but is reared alongside them. Blackbirds and Wrens are common, and you will find Grey Wagtails on the streams. Apparently if there’s more than one GSC chick in a nest, the younger one is likely to starve.
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