This is drive-in theatre of a spectacular sort. Marin County residents watching the nightly starling murmuration over marshy land near the county’s Civic Center in north San Rafael. The viewers are watching from a nearby shopping center. These photos provided by Spencer Michels, long-time broadcast reporter and Marin resident.
You can go to dropbox and access this file: Starlings overnight wrap 2.m4a
It is the interview on the starlings and their murmurations that I did with Jeffrey Schaub of KCBS radio.
In our Salem, Oregon, garden today there was a lot of rain, and not many birds. Here’s why–Cooper’s Hawk.
At the very wet wetlands: ducks and a California Rain-jay with fruit in its beak:
Fairview Wetlands, Marion, Oregon, US
Jan 2, 2021
16 species
Cackling Goose 70
Northern Shoveler 40
Gadwall 2
Mallard X
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 100
Bufflehead 4
American Coot X
Wilson’s Snipe 2
California Scrub-Jay 1
American Crow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Golden-crowned Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
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