Bird of the Week

Every week­end I email a bird photo that I find inter­est­ing, funny, unusual, or just plain beau­ti­ful to a select list.  A self-selected list, that is.  If you would like to be on it just reply at the end of this post.

Here are sev­eral recent pho­tos that I sent out. Peri­od­i­cally I will add the lat­est Weekly Bird at the top of this page and remove an older one. Check back every week to see the lat­est, or fill out the reply to this page and you will have one in your In-box on Sat­ur­day Morn­ing. Here are the most recent:

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Savannah Sparrow B301493 224x300 Bird of the Week

Savan­nah Sparrow

Red tailed Hawk landing C242406 3 300x225 Bird of the Week

Red-tailed Hawk land­ing on New Years Day

White tailed Kites C162077 224x300 Bird of the Week

Happy Hol­i­days from the Kites


Sandhill Cranes A094076 300x224 Bird of the Week

Tan­goed Up In Blue

Kestrel 9294232 225x300 Bird of the Week

“Sir Kestrel Vic­to­ri­ous — he hath slain the Green Dragon!!”

Great White Egrets 9102572 300x225 Bird of the Week

Catch Me if You Can

White tailed Kite 4024036 300x225 Bird of the Week

Just Hangin’

Dancing Grebes 5133372 300x224 Bird of the Week

“Let’s Dance”

Barn Swallow chicks 7070856 300x225 Bird of the Week

Neigh­bor­hood Gossips

Night Heron 3261827 03 12x16 cv 224x300 Bird of the Week

Bal­anced on a Moment

If you would like to be added to the weekly email list just ask.

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29 Responses to Bird of the Week

  1. Marsha Karr says:
    December 19, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    I would like to receive your bird pho­tos. Please add me to you list. Thanks, Marsha

    Reply
  2. Dave Lombardi says:
    December 1, 2011 at 9:15 am

    A great way to start the week – thanks!

    Reply
  3. islam says:
    November 18, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    Thank­fully some blog­gers can write. Thanks for this article.

    Reply
  4. Joan Lamphier says:
    September 7, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    Please add me to you bird of the week list — you def­i­nitely are catch­ing these birds on the wing. Thank you for shar­ing such beauty.

    Reply
  5. Dennis Buss says:
    July 1, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Dear Richard,
    We met briefly this morn­ing (7/1/11) at Ellis Creek, Petaluma. You pointed out where the North­ern Har­ri­ers can be seen and you gave me your busi­ness card. Please put me on your Sat­ur­day bird of the week list. I have been explor­ing your web­site and have found it to be very inspi­ra­tional, infor­ma­tive and inter­est­ing (three “i” words!). I had become some­what dis­cour­aged using my Olym­pus E620 with the 70-300mm Olym­pus lens and not get­ting the results I was hop­ing for. Your advice on using long tele­photo lenses has encour­aged me to be more per­sis­tent in improv­ing my tech­nique. I look for­ward to receiv­ing your future post­ings.
    Best wishes,
    Den­nis Buss

    Reply
  6. Susie says:
    June 25, 2011 at 8:11 am

    I would love to be on your list ! Love your photos–

    Reply
  7. Sister Gabriel O'Riordan says:
    June 11, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    Richard, please keep me on your list. Your pho­tographs are fab­u­lous. Con­grat­u­la­tions on observ­ing and cap­tur­ing so many spe­cial moments. God bless you for shar­ing!
    Thank you,
    Sis­ter Gabriel

    Reply
  8. Marianne Stefancic says:
    May 7, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    Please add us to your list the bird pho­tos lift our spirit. Thank you, Mar­i­anne and Stan

    Reply
  9. Sybyl Ownchild says:
    May 1, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    A mem­ber of an AgeSong group I attend sent me your Bird of the Week. I love it; please add me to your list.
    Also, I’m notic­ing sev­eral new bird cou­ples in my Canal neigh­bor­hood. They are black birds with yel­low beaks; they are smaller than crows, more the size of Red Wing Black­birds but smaller. They sit with their wing tops point­ing up sharply — like they are shrug­ging — but the ends of the wings hang straight down rather than being tucked against their bod­ies. also, their tails seem slightly longer than the other birds around, almost with a droop like pea­cock feath­ers when com­pletely down.
    Their calls vary from shrill hisses to sharp clicks & a cou­ple of beau­ti­ful but short melodies. Any thoughts on who they might be?

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  10. Richard Flout says:
    April 20, 2011 at 8:36 am

    Please add me to your bird of the week list.
    Thanks,
    Richard

    Reply
  11. Deanna Carveth says:
    March 29, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Hi Richard,

    Please add me to your list as well. The red tail hawk fly­ing les­son series was fab­u­lous. You have a great eye, thank you.

    Deanna

    Reply
  12. Mary Margaret says:
    January 23, 2011 at 9:30 am

    Please add me to your bird of the week list. I’m vis­it­ing north­ern Florida and they have some amaz­ing birds vaca­tion­ing here.

    Reply
  13. Nat says:
    January 16, 2011 at 8:25 am

    I would enjoy receiv­ing your bird of the week shots. Many thanks…

    Nat

    Reply
  14. Ed Stetson says:
    January 15, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Richard:

    I like your website!

    Reply
  15. Sue Tarr says:
    January 8, 2011 at 10:35 am

    How awe­some! Please add me to your list!

    Reply
  16. Lindsay says:
    December 27, 2010 at 8:18 am

    Please add me to the photo list too. These are great,

    Reply
  17. Amade Colenbrander says:
    December 19, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Richard,
    Please add my 9-year old grand­son (above) to your mail­ing list.
    He is devel­op­ing a great inter­est in birds.

    Gus Colen­bran­der
    gus@ski.org

    Reply
  18. Terry Branscombe says:
    December 4, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    Richard,

    Found your site through someone’s rec­om­men­da­tion to read your tips for hold­ing long teles. Won­der­ful arti­cle, spec­tac­u­lar images. I would love to receive your Bird of the Week. Thank you.

    Reply
  19. Lindsay Murphy says:
    November 13, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    I would enjoy receiv­ing your weekly Bird photo. I have recently noticed and appre­ci­ated your pho­tographs in the Wild­care Newslet­ter and the Sil­ver Express pub­li­ca­tion. I know you from many years ago when my fam­ily ran a Travel Agency in Sausalito.

    Reply
  20. Meg says:
    November 6, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    Beau­ti­ful pic­tures. My Dad has been shar­ing them with me. I would like to please be added to your weekly e-mail list of Bird of the Week. Thank you.

    Reply
  21. carolyn says:
    October 23, 2010 at 7:48 am

    Neigh­bor­hood gos­sips! How sweet!!

    Reply

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