Visit Purgatory and Support SFBBO.org!
Visit Purgatory on October 11 for a tour, birding walk and lunch to benefit the SFBBO.
Category: Wildlife
Stega’s Bay Area Bird Photographers Presentation
My presentation to the Bay Area Bird Photographers, on my travels and the habitat work here.
Birds and Shelter
Roost boxes and simple shelters to give our birds extra cover.
Birds and Boxes
More nest boxes, and what I’ve learned about which styles birds actually use.
Feeders We Do Not Like: Seeds
Seed feeders we do not like, and why.
Bird Song Data
Testing the HaikuBox and BirdWeather PUC, two devices that identify birds by their songs.
Recent Wildlife
More trail cam footage of the water pot, mostly the same skunk and opossum every night.
Wild Life Part 8: Vultures
Wild life, part 8: our turkey vultures, the avian cleanup crew.
Last Chance at Purgatory: SCVAS Birdathon Team
Join our Birdathon team, Last Chance at Purgatory, and come to lunch at the ranch.
“Backyard” Bird Counting
Counting birds around the ranch for Audubon’s Great Backyard Bird Count.
Wild Life Part 7: Seldom Seen Gophers
Wild life, part 7: Botta’s pocket gophers, seldom seen.
Wild Life Part 6: Squirrels
Wild life, part 6: our Fox squirrels, the occasional Grey and the evil ground squirrels.
Wild Life Part 2: Turkeys
Wild life, part 2: a feral turkey tried to claim Purgatory as his.
Mini Addendum
The Mini finds a new home, after a saga and a half.
Feathered Friends
Leftover meat and fish from the fridge become a buffet for the vultures, on trail cam.
Predators, Prey and the Occasional Electrification
Gopher snakes, rattlesnakes, lizards, vultures and more of the predators and prey that live here.
Friday Bonus Post
Spring has the north garden going bonkers, and now it streams 24/7 on our YouTube channel.
Purgatory Feral Kitten Update
How the feral kittens were found and caught, and our plan to go the TNR route.
Success! We have the whole family.
A bit of salami, and we have the whole feral family.
So we have a problem…
We caught four feral kittens, and now we need their mother.