Cedar Waxwing – Feb, 2024 – Sherman Oaks, CA
The Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It is a medium-sized, mostly brown, gray, and yellow. This bird is…
American Goldfinch – Jan, 2024 – Sherman Oaks, CA
The American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from…
Green Heron – Jan, 2024 – Lake Balboa, CA
The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling", and virescens is Latin…
Cooper’s Hawk – Oct, 2023 – Sherman Oaks, CA
The Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. This species is a member of the genus…
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee – August, 2023 – Point Reyes, CA
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), formerly Parus rufescens, is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is found in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and…
Osprey – August, 2023 – Point Reyes, CA
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching…
Red-Crowned Amazon – June, 2023 – Sherman Oaks, CA
The Red-Crowned Amazon(Amazona viridigenalis), also known as the red-crowned parrot, green-cheeked amazon or Mexican red-headed parrot, is an endangered amazon parrot native to northeastern Mexico and possibly southern Texas in…
Oak Titmouse – June, 2023 – Sherman Oaks, CA
The oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists' Union split the plain titmouse into the oak titmouse and the juniper titmouse…
Red-whiskered Bulbul – March, 2023 – Pasadena, CA
The Red-whiskered Bulbul(Pycnonotus jocosus), or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird native to Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in…
Bewick’s Wren – Mar, 2023 – Sherman Oaks, CA
The Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii) is a wren native to North America. It is the only species placed in the genus Thryomanes. At about 14 cm (5.5 in) long, it is grey-brown…