Vancouver Canada Geese feeding on the Mendenhall Wetlands

These Vancouver Canada Geese are resident in the Juneau area. The mated pairs will soon leave the local wetlands for nesting on places like Admiralty Island. Later the subadults will leave and fly to remote areas in places like Glacier Bay for molting. To learn about...

Crows Eat Crabapples but not the stems

Crows Eat Crabapples but not the stems illustrates how the crow removes the stem before swallowing the apple. Watch the video carefully and you can see if the stem is present the crow presses the stem with its foot against the branch and pulls the apple off with its...

Glaucous-winged Gull raises a youngster

Glaucous-winged Gull raises a youngster shows some of their behavior after they leave the nest.  According to Birds of North America online very little is known about what happens after they leave the nest. The following is some excerps from their...

Belted Kingfisher Pellet-casting

Belted Kingfisher Pellet-casting shows a male kingfisher regurgitating a pellet. This interesting section from Kelly, J. F., E. S. Bridge, and M. J. Hamas (2009). Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor)....