Gualala Birds

For 2025, I documented 128 unique species of birds.

I’m almost half-way there as of today. Well, my math says 61 is half of 128… 🙂

The idea of re-setting my bird count at the beginning of the year really is such a great mental trick. Suddenly I got excited when I’d forgot to add a raven to my 2026 count. 🙂

My normal terrible times to bird ( after 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m.) have had the normal consequences – not a lot around home to look at. Going to the park I manage to see all the gulls I still can’t i.d., but that’s about it. I guess I’m looking forward to spring-migration in hopes that it brings a lot of birds back.

I did have a excellent time yesterday in my “backyard”, getting my best ever looks at a Brown Creeper (terrible name) and a Pacific Wren. The Brown Creepers are typically high in the tree canopy – I had this individual get down so I could see him – I got to watch him for a solid 5 minutes as he hopped from the “top” of one tree to the bottom of the next and walked his way up until dropping down to the next.

The Pacific Wren – my god. You can hear this buggers, and you can even catch glimpses of them from time to time. The issue for me is grabbing a photo – they’re always in the darkest places and never stop moving ! This fella danced for me for a solid couple of minutes so I was able to get his photo.