I hadn't been there very long when the sound of the Pileated Woodpecker pecking ferociously at the moss-covered tree trunk began to echo throughout the quiet forest floor.
Read MoreThis Juvenile Great Horned Owl with fluffy feathers was perched on the branch of a Bay Laurel tree.
Read MoreEncountering an owl in the wild is an otherworldly experience. It’s often fleeting —perhaps only a glimpse of silent feathers flying through the dark forest.
Read MoreThe Palomarin Field Station, tucked into a wooded area on the southern tip of Point Reyes National Seashore, sits on an international biodiversity hotspot. The San Francisco Bay, which is the largest estuary on the west coast, is a critical stopover point for birds migrating along the Pacific Flyway, which extends from Alaska and Patagonia.
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