The following questions were asked on the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) website: Question: I am a golf course superintendent on a municipal course located within the city of Pacific Grove ...

My wife Terri and I were driving to Walla Walla the other day and as we drove along the Columbia River below Pasco, I looked out on the river and saw a huge raft of birds swimming around. At first, I ...

Coots, the Rodney Dangerfields of the bird world, just might start to get some respect as a result of a new study showing that these common marsh birds are able to recognize and count their own eggs, ...

An adult coot can recognize its own chicks and will attack a parasitic chick that hatches in its nest. Photo by B. Lyon. The American coot is a drab, seemingly unremarkable marsh bird common ...