by Tom & Jo Heindel | Jan 7, 2000 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
Migration varies from spring to fall and from year to year. Spring migration tends to be a period of hyperactivity when birds and birders are in a hurry to get where they are going and do what they do. Fall migration, on the other hand, is a more leisurely paced...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Nov 9, 1999 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
As Inyo County coordinators for the journal NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS we receive reports from locals and visitors of sightings of birds that they believe are very rare in the county. Some of these reports are well documented, the bird was well seen by several knowledgeable...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Sep 2, 1999 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
This years IMBD dawned windless and beautiful, far from the day-long gale last years hardy teams withstood. From dawn until almost dusk thirty-five observers covered the Owens Valley, White Mountains, and eastern Sierra canyons, vacuuming with their eyes and ears for...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 12, 1999 | Blog, Christmas Bird Count, Heindel, Sierra Wave
Inyo County has 410 bird species reliably documented as having occurred within its borders. Not all of these species are native, that is, some are here because of the activities of man. The most obvious birds, those with which non-birders are well acquainted, are...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Mar 19, 1999 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
If you want to spend an afternoon birding the entire state of California from the comfort of your own home, plug in this URL and enjoy: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/ Joe Morlan, a member of the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC), has created a website,...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Jan 1, 1999 | Blog
Fall begins early in the bird world. While the non-birder may think fall begins in late September, the birder recognizes fall not as a particular month but the period of time when birds start to leave their breeding grounds and move to their winter grounds. These...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Nov 7, 1998 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
by Tom and Jo Heindel There are four species of longspurs in the world and all four have been reliably documented by specimens or photographs as having occurred in Inyo County. What is a longspur? It is a sparrow in the genus Calcarius that has a long hind claw, hence...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Sep 7, 1998 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
From dawn until almost dusk twenty-one observers covered the Owens Valley, White Mountains, eastern Sierra canyons, and Death Valley, searching for all the birds they could find. The goal of the day was to see how many different species of birds could be seen in one...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 7, 1998 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
by Tom and Jo Heindel Judging by the questions we receive from people interested in birds, possibly no greater confusion exists between other similar appearing species in Inyo County than between the American Crow and the Common Raven. While the experienced birder has...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Mar 7, 1998 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
by Tom and Jo Heindel Is it possible? Is it time to think of spring migrants already? Not only is it time to think of spring birds but, be advised, that a handful have already made an appearance. On 14 January two Barn Swallows were at Fish Springs; the first January...
