Waxwings, family Bombycillidae, are plump, silkysmooth, medium-sized, highly social birds. The name waxwing derives from the red drop-like tips of their secondary flight feathers,....Read the rest of our newsletter below or at this link: Feb 2019 The Sand Bluff Birder...

Volunteers at Sand Bluff Bird Observatory are getting ready to put up nets for the 2019 Spring Season. We hope to raise the nets on March 2nd at 7 am (weather permitting). If all the nets are up, we will begin banding the following weekend. Please check our Facebook...

Tom Plunket, long-time Sunday volunteer, passed away October 15, 2018, after he had bravely fought cancer and other illnesses all last year, and before. Thank you to those who visited him and, also, those who came to his memorial service. I know he and Ellen greatly...