Comments on: Bird Watching in California

By: Calibirder

Calibirder — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:24:51 +0000

That lovely blue one is a Western Scrub Jay. Devilishly smart as are most corvids.

By: The Unsettling Gull « The Dabbler

The Unsettling Gull « The Dabbler — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:44:37 +0000

[...] post of last Saturday and associated comments touched on the subject of seagulls. I think we can all [...]

By: Brit

Brit — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:42:06 +0000

There’s no escaping those ‘orrible gulls, is there? Is there any scientific basis to my feeling that they get bigger and cockier every year?

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:38:16 +0000

Appreciate your Dabbleresque knowledge of wine fining too, Worm.

Yes, seagulls eyes are rather strange – but imagine what it must be like to have a bird’s eye view of the world.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:26:36 +0000

Thanks Helen! Being that beautiful blue colour, I thought it must be something a little more rare and exotic, like a variety of Kingfisher…

By: Worm

Worm — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:48:20 +0000

What a plain name for such a pretty bird, Helen!

Weirdly Susan, egg whites are one of the most common ways of fining organic and home made wines!! Not sure if that’s the case with those chickens there though!

I think seagulls are definitely the most sinister birds, they have such cold black eyes

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:17:02 +0000

The bird in the final photo looks like a scrub jay.