SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Wanted -- Cuddlers!
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) in Yakima, Washington.
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) in full song. The image of this bird was captured near Crescent City, California.
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) in mating plumage foraging  on rocks near Crescent City, California. The Black Turnstone is listed  as a "Species of High Concern," by the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan based on the fact that almost all Black Turnstones breed in a small area of Alaska and should there be an environmental catastrophe in this area (eg oil spill), it could have a devastating effect on the population of Black Turnstones currently thought to be about 80,000 in number
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani), with a shell fish in it’s beak. The U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan lists Black Oystercatcher as a "Species of High Concern" due to it’s numerous threats and small population (estimated at about 9,000).
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) with a carcass on the beach.
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on a sandy beach near Surf, California.
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > A Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) foraging in a riparian habitat on the Californian coast.  
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
SmugMug > all-time keyword > avian > Head and shoulder portrait of a Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica) in California.
Copyright 2008 Alan Vernon
Wanted -- Cuddlers!
 > Wanted -- Cuddlers!
Wanted -- Cuddlers!
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