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Pelagic Family, On the Rocks

October 10, 2011 Baby Animals

We passed this Pelagic Cormorant family (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) on one of the few isolated nesting spots near Vancouver Island (British Columbia). We were told that in the 1990s, rampant shoreline development eliminated important habitat for the cormorants. This rock island was one of a few ecological reserves the B.C. government set aside for the cormorants’ [...]

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Teaching the Kids to Forage

August 30, 2011 Animal Behavior

Juvenile gulls are as determined to get free food from their parents– as their parents are to wean them from the freebies. I’ve seen many adult gulls swimming or flapping away from their begging youngsters, forcing the juvies to forage on their own. I haven’t often watched a parent gull patiently teach the babies to [...]

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Under a Watchful Eye

May 8, 2011 Baby Animals

Happy Mother’s Day! Canada Goose parent and goslings, photographed at Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

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A Room With a View

July 5, 2010 Baby Animals

Ever since I saw my first Screech Owl hunkered down in the saddle of an oak, I’ve given extra scrutiny to tree hollows in the woodlands, looking for a bird face peeking out. Our friend in darn-near-the-middle-of-nowhere California found such a face — in a cavity nest in her backyard — a yard that literally [...]

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Parenting, Avocet Style

June 23, 2010 Baby Animals

American Avocet = Recurvirostra americana These images of American Avocets were shot over the past two nesting seasons. I’m particularly careful when photographing nesting birds or young, and will not intrude if my presence causes any disturbance or danger. Most of these photos were captured at Palo Alto Baylands, from a public pathway. The burnt [...]

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Ari the Falcon Fledges

May 21, 2010 Baby Animals

The San Francisco falcons growing up on a ledge at the PG&E building in San Francisco are fledging. Palladin took off a few days ago and at last report, was perched atop a nearby structure. This is recently uploaded video of another baby, Ari, taking that first leap off the ledge. You can fast forward [...]

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The Case of the Fledgling Gull

August 21, 2009 Animal Behavior

A short photo series, as I encountered it. A young gull waits for its parent. Parent arrives, gull follows behind and calls out for minutes on end. Juvenile gets more aggressive, tries for some food from a familiar source. The end. Gulls do wean their young but may continue feeding even older juveniles if the [...]

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Swoops the Blackbird – Exhibit A in “Mobbing” Behavior

June 8, 2009 Animal Behavior

I snapped this on the weekend before national t.v. crews showed up to fuel the celebrity of Swoops the Blackbird. (Click on the image for the larger Flickr version.) ©ingridtaylar Swoops, a Brewer’s Blackbird with a nest of young to protect, perches on the awnings overlooking his brood and buzzes pedestrians who venture too close [...]

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San Francisco’s Peregrine Falcons & Fledglings

June 5, 2009 Baby Animals

Originally posted in June of 2009, this piece deals with the new fledglings on top of San Francisco’s PG&E Building, but also with general issues of wildlife survival and human interaction.

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R.I.P. “Hi” – San Francisco’s Young Peregrine Falcon

May 28, 2009 Baby Animals

This video compresses days 20 to 32 in the lives of three Peregrine Falcon eyasses (chicks) nesting in the PG&E building in downtown San Francisco. See photos and visual logs of the young San Francisco Peregrines in local photographer Glenn Nevill’s Raptor Galleries. And learn more about the Peregrine Falcon research at the website of [...]

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Canada Goslings Getting No Respect

May 19, 2009 Baby Animals

If you’re a Canada Goose gosling in a public park, don’t count on too much respect. On this day, I stopped by one of my favorite bay-side walking spots and saw before me a flock of goslings. It was an enormous flock of babies interspersed with adults — like a National Geographic image of a giant penguin colony . . .

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Candid Falcon-Cam in San Francisco

May 4, 2009 Baby Animals

If you tune into UCSC’s Peregrine Nest Cam while the youngsters are stumbling over themselves, it might be tough to connect these awkward chicks to their agile parents — who happen to be the fastest birds in the skies. Peregrine Falcons are also the speediest creatures on the planet. Their stoop (diving) speeds can exceed [...]

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Baylands Babies

April 25, 2009 Baby Animals

Photos of American Avocet chicks and parents, as well as Canada Geese and goslings at Palo Alto Baylands – San Francisco Bay, California.

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