Category: San Joaquin Valley

• 100 Common Valley Birds Birds Conservation Learn 100 Birds Nature Photography San Joaquin Valley Valley Nature is Calling

  Common Valley Swallows

  

  By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #16 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 21, 22 and 23/100 + 2 BONUS BIRDS) Tree Swallow Species #21 The Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is…

  March 18, 2023
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  Black Phoebe

  

  Sayornis nigricans By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #15 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 20/100.) INTRODUCTION The Black Phoebe is a dapper flycatcher of the Central Valley with a sooty…

  December 3, 2022
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  Wild Turkey

  

  Meleagris gallopavo By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #14 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 19/100.) INTRODUCTION The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the heaviest upland ground bird native to North…

  November 24, 2022
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  Western Meadowlark

  

  Sturnella neglecta By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #13 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 18/100.) INTRODUCTION The buoyant, flutelike melody of the Western Meadowlark ringing out across a field can…

  November 19, 2022
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  Our Wintering “White” Geese – Part II

  

  By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting 100 of the most common Valley bird species. Post #12 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 16 and 17/100.) In Part I of the Our Wintering “White” Geese post, we learned about the…

  November 5, 2022
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  Our Wintering “White” Geese – Part I

  

  By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting 100 of the most common Valley bird species. Post #11 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 16 and 17/100.) “Your first indication of their presence is the distant sound of baying hounds. As…

  October 29, 2022
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  Wood Duck

  

  Aix sponsa By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #10 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 15/100.) INTRODUCTION  The Wood Duck is arguably the most spectacularly beautiful duck in the Central Valley.…

  October 15, 2022
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  Killdeer

  

  Charadrius vociferus By Jim Gain Learn 100 Common Valley Birds is a photo blog series highlighting the 100 most common Valley bird species. Post #9 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 14/100.) Status The Killdeer is a Common Resident to California’s Central Valley. Killdeer belong to the…

  October 8, 2022
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  Northern Flicker

  

  Colaptes auratus By Jim Gain Learn 100 Birds is a photo blog series highlighting 100 common bird species found in California’s Central Valley. Post #8 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 13/100.) Common Year-round Resident Introduction The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the…

  October 1, 2022
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  Valley Goldfinches

  

  By Jim Gain Learn 100 Birds is a photo blog series highlighting 100 common bird species found in California’s Central Valley. Post #7 in the Learn 100 Common Valley Birds series. (Species 11 and 12/100.) This is a three-fer post featuring the three species of Goldfinch that occur in the…

  September 3, 2022