Tag: Bird

Coucal, Burchell’s

Coucal, Burchell’s
Name: Coucal, Burchell’s
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date spotted: Jul-08
Description:

Photo: The Internets

Chat, Mountain

Chat, Mountain
Name: Chat, Mountain
Classification:
Place first seen: Bloedkoppie, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia
Date spotted: Mar-12
Description:

Photo: The Internets

Bustard, Kori

Bustard, Kori
Name: Bustard, Kori
Classification:
Place first seen: Savuti, Botswana
Date spotted: Apr-04
Description:

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Boubou, Swamp

Boubou, Swamp
Name: Boubou, Swamp
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date spotted: Jul-08
Description:

Photo: The Internets

Boubou, Crimson-breasted

Boubou, Crimson-breasted
Name: Boubou, Crimson-breasted
Classification:
Place first seen: Central Kalahari, Botswana
Date spotted: Jul-08
Description:

Photo: The Internets

Finch, House

Finch, House
Name: Finch, House
Classification:
Place first seen: Top of Woodside Drive, Marin, CA, USA
Date spotted: May 2016
Description:

Only found in North America and Hawaii.
Females are brown or dull brown.
Male coloration varies in intensity with the seasons and is derived from the berries and fruits in its diet (range from pale straw-yellow through bright orange to deep, intense red).

Photo: The internets

Sparrow, White-crowned

Sparrow, White-crowned
Name: Sparrow, White-crowned
Classification:
Place first seen: Chimney Rock, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Marin, CA, USA
Date spotted: April 2016
Description:

Native to North America.
Very rare vagrant to western Europe.

Photo: Mila

Godwit, Marbled

Godwit, Marbled
Name: Godwit, Marbled
Classification:
Place first seen: Dillon Beach, Marin, CA, USA
Date spotted: April 2016
Description:

Large shorebird. Peck in the sand for food.

These guys are cool.

Big flocks on the beach, which then zoomed off into the waves, then back to the beach.

Summer: N-central US & W-Canada.

Autumn: Migrate in flocks to the coasts of California, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico and South America.

Photo: Ralph

Mallard

Mallard
Name: Mallard
Classification:
Place first seen: Piedmont Cemetery Oakland, CA, USA
Date spotted: April 2016
Description:

Also known as a Wild Duck.

Breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

Very boring as such…

Photo: Ralph

Junco, Dark-eyed

Junco, Dark-eyed
Name: Junco, Dark-eyed
Classification:
Place first seen: Piedmont Cemetery Oakland, CA, USA
Date spotted: April 2016
Description:

Best-known species of the juncos (American sparrows).

Common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic.

Photo: Ralph