Broad-billed Hummingbirds

[Originally appeared in the Sierra Wave newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 3, Jan-Feb 2006 – click here for original with photos] Broad-billed Hummingbirds (Cynanthus latirostris) are common throughout much of their Mexican range with the northern populations being...

Summer 2005 in Inyo County

The summer of 2005 has come and gone leaving only memories of the coolest June most locals can ever remember. July, with temperatures in excess of 100F, quickly brought us back to the reality of an Eastern Sierra summer followed by the hot muggy days during the...

Canada Geese in Inyo County

It is always exciting to see a bird with a USF&WS aluminum band on a leg in Inyo County. If the nine-digit number can be read it means it can be determined where and when the bird was banded as well as the age and sometimes the sex. But it is usually very...

Inyo County adds Brown Pelican to its Bird List

This past summer has been a banner year for finding Brown Pelicans in the interior of the southwest U.S. Unlike American White Pelican, a common migrant through Inyo in spring and fall, the Brown Pelican prefers the coast and is very rare inland except at the Salton...