Reflections of the Natural World

Travel with me as I explore the wild things and wild places of our planet. – Jim Gain

  • Great Egret

    Great Egret

    Learn 100 Common Valley Birds Blog Post Species #60/100 Few things on earth fill us with as much delight as birds, and knowing them by name only adds to our pleasure. In California’s Central Valley, with only a little bit of effort, anyone can learn 100 local bird species. Especially since on a daily basis Read more

  • Lucifer Hummingbird

    Lucifer Hummingbird

    SE ARIZONA – WINGS OVER SKY ISLANDS The Lucifer Hummingbird is a medium-sized (3–4 g) hummingbird with a relatively long, decurved bill. Read more

  • Pacific Loon

    Pacific Loon

    SHOREBIRDS AND SEABIRDS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COASTLINE The Pacific Loon is found along the Western Coast of the United States during the fall and winter, and in Northern Canada and Alaska where they migrate for the breeding months of the spring and summer. Read more

  • Arizona Woodpecker

    Arizona Woodpecker

    SE ARIZONA – WINGS OVER SKY ISLANDS The Arizona Woodpecker is a medium-sized montane woodpecker, and the only North American Dryobates that is brown and white rather than black and white. Read more

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch (SASK)

    Red-breasted Nuthatch (SASK)

    SASKATCHEWAN BIRDS – LAND OF LIVING SKIES Post # 11 Red-breasted Nuthatches prefer mature conifer-dominated forest. Read more

  • Bald Eagle (SIERRA)

    Bald Eagle (SIERRA)

    SIERRA NEVADA BIRDS – Post #16 The Bald Eagle is an Uncommon Yearround Resident of the Sierra Nevada generally near lakes in the upper Foothill Woodlands through the Upper Montane biotic zones. Read more