“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

Driven by the double-crested cormorant (right), the feeding frenzy also included snowy egrets (center) and lesser yellowlegs (left background). Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON For the final week of my ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The last Backyard Bird Count found that 52 ...

Many semipalmated plovers and dunlins ran along the sand while sanderlings darted in and out of the water. Herons, egrets and ...