Too many birds!
There are too many birds! Just when I think I’ve made progress with birding - learning to identify one family or organizing another, a new bird shows up and sends me back to square one. Each surprise reminds me of the richness and diversity of our Bay Area’s birdlife. That mix of excitement and bewilderment keeps me coming back to birding, eager to learn more.
Join me on this adventure as I sort out the Sparrows, whine about Warblers, and discover the countless other bird species and families waiting out there!
Santa Clara County Spring Birds Checklist
Spring brings a wave of change to our local birding scene, with new arrivals, exciting behaviors, and fresh opportunities for photography. This Spring Birds Checklist highlights the most likely species to look out for in Santa Clara County.
Cormorants
Cormorants. They’re oily, croaky and kill vegetation with their excrement. On top of that, our three Bay Area cormorants look quite similar, making identification a challenge. Let’s dive in and clean up the messy world of Cormorants!
Passerines
With so many birds to work through, where do we even start? One way of organizing birds on a large scale is what I will call the “banana not-banana” sort. More specifically for birds, the Passerine non-Passerine sort, let’s start with the Passerines!