Focus Articles by Rich Stallcup

From PRBO Observer Issues 1982 to present

A note from the author:

In 1982 director Burr Heneman asked if I would write a bird piece for the PRBO newsletter. The idea was to present something for birders beside the scientific articles.
Now, 25 years and 75 Focus columns later we’re still knockin’ them out.
Some will be of little or no interest, others you will want to read twice. Thanks for visiting PRBO Conservation Science.

-Rich Stallcup

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"Waldo's Dike", 74, Fall 2007
"Spectacled" Vireos, 73, Spring 2007
Our State Bird- Callipepla californica, 72, Winter 2007
A Walk in the Park, 71, Fall 2006
Oceanic Wildlife, 70, Summer 2006
Keeping Warm: Thermoregulation, 69, Winter 2006
International Heartbeats, 68, Fall 2005
Kinglets – Curious and Feisty, 67, Summer 2005
Fall Landbird Migration, 66, Summer 2004
Brant – The Sea Goose, 65, Winter 2004
Second Chances, 64, Fall 2003
Seeking Seabirds, 63, Summer,2003
Feeder Responsibility, 62, Winter 2003
Birds and Weather, 61, Fall 2001
Fall Treasure Hunt on the O.P., 60, Summer 2002
Birding with PBRO, 59, Winter 2002
Migrants Astray, 58, Fall 2001
Ospreys, 56, Winter 2001
Christmas Bird Count, 55, Fall 2000
Listing for Life, 54, Spring 2000
Good News 2000, 53, Winter 1999/2000
Fall Shorebird Migration, 52, Summer 1999
Big County Year, 51, Winter 1998/99
Longspurs, 50, Fall 1998
Wrentits of the World, 49, Summer 1998
Housing Opportunities - Wood Ducks, Winter 1997/98
Lumps & Splits, 48, Fall 1997
Prehistoric California Birds, 47, Summer 1997
Lumps & Splits, 46, Spring 1997
Deadly Eucalyptus, 45, Fall 1996
Accipiters, the Forest Hawks, 44, Summer 1996
Cormorants Revisited, 43, Winter/Spring 1996
Fire in Birdland, 42, Fall 1995
Chickadees on the Move … Slowly, 41, Summer 1995
Seeking Vernal, 40, Spring 1995
Year of the Varied Thrush – Invasions, 39, Winter 1994/95
Loons, 38, Fall 1994
Launching Babies, 37, Summer 1994
Pishing, Squeaking & Impersonating Owls, 36, Spring 1994
What We Can Do At Home, Fall 1993
Territory and Personal Space, 34, Summer 1993
Another Silent Spring?, 33, Spring 1993
Sparrows in Winter, 32, Fall 1992
Extirpation, Extinction and Shrikes, 31, Spring/Summer 1992
An American Dream – Hummingbirds, 30, Winter 1991/92
Cats – A Heavy Toll on Songbirds
A Reversible Catastrophe, 29, Spring/Summer 1991
Spring: Timing is Everything, 28, Winter 1990/91
Springtime on the Tioga Road, 27, Spring 1990
White-bellied Shearwaters, 26, Winter 1989/90
Rails, 25, Autumn 1989
Flitty Little Flycatchers, 24, Spring 1989
Wild geese, 23, Winter 1988/89
Merlins, 22, Fall 1988
Peeps, 21, Summer 1988
Spotty Thrushes, 20, Spring 1988
The Grebes, 19, Winter 1987/88
The Small Terns, 18, Fall 1987
Owls and Owling, 17, Spring 1987
Golden Plovers, 16, Winter 1986/87
Storm – Petrels, 15, Summer 1986
Swallows, 14, Spring 1986
A California Birder’s Library, 13, Winter 1985
Winter Buteos, 12, Fall 1985
Yellowish Warblers, 11¸Spring 1985
Murrelets, 10, Winter 1984/85
Big Bright-billed Terns, 9, Fall 1984
Eye-Ringed Leaf Gleaners, 8, Spring/Summer 1984
The New AOU Checklist, 7, Winter 1984
Female Ducks, 6, Autumn 1983
Loons, 5, Summer 1983
Pink-Legged Gulls, 4, Winter 1982
The Red Finches, 3, Autumn 1982
Accipiters, 2, Summer 1982
Cormorants, 1, Spring 1982