by Tom & Jo Heindel | Jan 2, 2010 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 3, Jan-Feb 2010 – click here for original with photos] As stated repeatedly, each season brings its own sur- prises and this Fall was no exception. The biggest bolt- from-the-blue was a Little...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Nov 3, 2009 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 2, Nov-Dec 2009 – click here for original with photos] With the approach of fall and winter in the Eastern Sierra, we bid farewell to species that arrived six months ago and won’t be seen for...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Sep 4, 2009 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 1, Sept-Oct 2009 – click here for original with photos] Many of the older birders said they could not remember a spring like this one for decades, while the younger ones experienced for the first...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 4, 2009 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 4, Mar-Apr 2009 – click here for original with photos] Independent birders and professional bird tours come to Inyo County annually to see the special birds that occur here. One such magnet is a...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 1, 2009 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 5, May-Jun 2009 – click here for original with photos] Vireos are small birds, in the genus Vireo, that superficially resemble warblers. While similar in size they are less colorful, slightly more...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Jan 2, 2009 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 3, Jan-Feb 2009 – click here for original with photos] “Wow, I wouldn’t have put that bird on the list of what I would see today!” “Me either!” This conversation is...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Nov 7, 2008 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 2, Nov-Dec 2008 – click here for original with photos] Longspurs are a small group of small LBJs, a.k.a. “little brown jobs,” closely related to sparrows in the family Emberizidae. They get their...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Sep 1, 2008 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 27, No. 1, Sept-Oct 2008 – click here for original with photos] There are three species of feathered loons that occur in Inyo County and untold numbers of the unfeathered kind. Most often recorded is the...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 5, 2008 | Blog, Christmas Bird Count, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Siera Wave newsletter, Vol. 26, No. 4, Mar-Apr 2008 – click here for original with photos] Winter brings a suite of birds from the north that are not seen the rest of the year, such as Tundra Swans, Greater White-fronted, Snow, Rosss,...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Mar 2, 2008 | Blog, Christmas Bird Count, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 26, No. 5, May-Jun 2008 – click here for original with photos] There are 400 species of Tyrant Flycatchers, family Tyrannidae, all found only in the New World. The kingbirds belong to the genus Tyrannus,...
