by Tom & Jo Heindel | Jan 2, 2008 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 26, No. 3, Jan-Feb 2008 – click here for original with photos] Each season brings avian surprises and this fall was no exception. Four species were found that had never been documented before in Inyo...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Nov 19, 2007 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 26, No. 2, Nov-Dec 2007 – click here for original with photos] This small, charistmatic, gray desert bird is North Americas only representative of the Remizidae, a family of tits found throughout the...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Sep 5, 2007 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 26, No. 1, Sept-Oct 2007 – click here for original with photos] The Least Tern, all nine inches of it, is the smallest tern found in the U.S. It is a neotropical migrant that winters in Central and South...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 16, 2007 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 5, May-Jun 2007 – click here for original with photos] One of the most beautiful jewels in Inyo Countys crown is China Ranch, a hidden oasis in the southeast corner of the county near Tecopa and...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Mar 13, 2007 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 4, Mar-Apr 2007 – click here for original with photos] This was the winter that the Bluebirds of Happiness chose to dazzle all of us with their electric company. This small bird, so intensely blue...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Jan 1, 2007 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 3, Jan-Feb 2007 – click here for original with photos] While the glorious fall colors took away peoples breath, the amazing parade of rare bird species that graced Inyo County this Fall made...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Nov 7, 2006 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 2, Nov-Dec 2006 – click here for original with photos] When most people think of fall, visions of falling multicolored leaves, the World Series or football come to mind. Conversely, when birders...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Sep 2, 2006 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 1, Sept-Oct 2006 – click here for original with photos] On 31 July, Eva Poole-Gilson looked at her bird feeders, as she often does, and saw a large yellow and black bird that was different from the...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | May 14, 2006 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 5, May-Jun 2006 – click here for original with photos] As a result of the proposed Yellow-billed Cuckoo projects at Baker Meadow and Hogback Creek areas we have fielded a number of questions and...
by Tom & Jo Heindel | Mar 7, 2006 | Blog, Heindel, Sierra Wave
[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 4, Mar-Apr 2006 – click here for original with photos] Each fall, as migration slows down, birders begin looking forward to winter with anticipation. The Winter Season is the most unpredictable of...
