Mute swans are invasive species in California, known for their territorial behavior, which includes drowning smaller animals, making them a significant threat to local ecosystems.
My ignorance of loons was such that when I first saw a loon while kayaking, I thought it was a duck. To my great shame, I went so far as to ask these two other kayakers who were also looking at the loon, "What kind of duck is that?" That is how I learned what loons looked like. This is also when I took the only photo of a loon I got the entire weekend.
According to an update posted on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Facebook page, Sunny and Gizmo are sisters! Apparently, Gizmo tried to catch up with Sunny this week after she first attempted to fly.
Bird-watching does sometimes involve just thatâwatching birdsâbut for the truly birdpilled, it's about tuning in to a new layer of reality around you and decoding it.
