Little birds, pretty birds, ugly birds, big birds, not-birds, and really big birds

A selection of birds from the past couple of months, some from Balboa Park, some from the Zoo, some from Mission Bay Park, some from Little Italy.

Hummingbird in storm clouds at Balboa Park

Mallard at Balboa Park

Not-bird (Bird of Paradise flower)

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (next two pictures) at the San Diego Zoo

Mallard ducklings (next two pictures) at the San Diego Zoo

Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove at the San Diego Zoo

Flamingo at the San Diego Zoo

Flamingo mommy and egg at the San Diego Zoo

Always someone who has to stand out from the crowd
San Diego Zoo

Mandarin Duck at the San Diego Zoo

California Condor at the San Diego Zoo

Secretary Bird at the San Diego Zoo

Steller’s Sea Eagle at the San Diego Zoo

Great White Pelican at the San Diego Zoo

Great Blue Heron visiting the San Diego Zoo

If you’re not going to share….
Chollas Lake Park

Unknown bird at Mission Bay Park

Flash video of the unknown bird fishing at Mission Bay Park

Black-crowned Night Heron at Mission Bay Park

Surprise
Rose Garden at Balboa Park

Really big bird flying over Little Italy

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Crazy bird

Zoey the Cool Cat has been going crazy today because just outside the window is a bird going crazy.

Fortunately, I have not gone crazy yet…………………..

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They’re everywhere! They’re everywhere!

As much as I love going to the San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, and SeaWorld, there’s still nothing like seeing wildlife in the wild. Except I’m pretty sure that I would not want to see a mountain lion mommy and her little one while I was out hiking by myself. Nonetheless……….

I remember when I stumbled upon my first Canada Goose here in San Diego in 1996. I thought the poor thing had a serious deficiency in its map-reading skills (GPS wasn’t on the scene yet). Thirteen years later and I know that the Canada Goose is resident in all the lower 48 States as well as Canada.

In the 38 years I lived in Texas, I never saw a Canada Goose in the wild, yet the whole state is covered with “I live here in the Winter” blue in my National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. San Diego is covered in the same winter blue, but I can tell you that there are many Canada Geese that live here year round, such as the two in the following flash video. They have been here for several years, rain or shine, hot or cold, winter or summer:

I suspect the same is true up in the Los Angeles area. It definitely is not winter in L.A. yet when I was at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia a few days ago for my 19th anniversary, the only bird more prevalent than the peacock was the Canada Goose.

Following are three flash videos of the Canada Geese at the L.A. Arboretum, including two little babies with mommy and daddy.

Remember that birds don’t have nationalities, so the plural of Canada Goose is Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese.

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