Wind is the bane of desert birding. You arrive at dawn only to find the winds howling. It is the tail end of migration anyway, so migrants a...

Mourning Dove. Lake Hodges, California. December 1, 2013. I can't be the only one. When I go bird watching I prefer loops to out-and...

White-winged Dove. Borrego Springs, California. May 25, 2019. Blue skies! It's been a wet spring. It's not unusual, of course, f...

Peek-a-boo! Great Horned Owl chick. Borrego Springs, California. May 25 2019. I heard an adult male Great Horned Owl hooting from trees ...

Scripps's Murrelets nest on islands in the Pacific Ocean in northern Baja California and southern California. They are frequently noted ...