Great White and Great Blue Herons

 In the video this week we return to Florida and discuss Great White ... Herons!  This color morph is present in some subspecies of Great Blue.  For more info, watch the vid!

When a Snowy Owl photobombs your Surf Scoter vid

 A new video is up, this one featuring a cracking close range male Surf Scoter.

Of course I wasn't the only one monitoring the harbor...

michigan Cassin's Finch

 It's been hard to come by birds to video locally, so I drove to northern Michigan to be greeted by a host of Pine Grosbeaks, as well as one of the rarer state birds I've chased, a Cassin's Finch!

Sparring Eagles

 What do two young eagles do while they circle a landfill?  Why squabble of course...

Present Talons! 

FIGHT!

Birding El Yunque Puerto Rico

 Christyn and I return to PR in this video!  El Yunque is a famous location with 4 major habitats ... though most of what is accessible is palms.  Hurricane Maria destroyed a bunch of the trails in some of the mixed lower areas.  The high elevation paramo equivalent is pretty limited here.  Nevertheless we saw some fun things, highlighted by Scaly-naped Pigeon, presumably a close relative of the Red-billed Pigeon found through much of Central America

Check it out!

Thayer's Gull ... I think

Is it Thayer's?  Is it an integrade with Kumlien's?  Does it matter?  Not anymore lol, they're both just called Iceland Gull now.

Whatever you call it, this video shows a young Thayer's type...

Great Salt Lake

 There's a lot going on in this vid!  Full frame prairie falcon, red-necked phalaropes, chukar.  Hordes of shovelors, wigeon, red-necked phalarope.  Want to watch bison sparring?  Want to listen to Western Meadowlark singing from 8 feet away?  This video has it all!