Thursday, July 1, 2010

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary


I'm getting pretty tired of the "June gloom". Dim light, white skies and an atmospheric soft focus filter take a lot of the fun out of bird photography, and by the time the skies start to clear at three or four in the afternoon, all self-respecting birds are napping deep in the shrubbery.

Bird List:

Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
California Quail
Common Moorhen
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Caspian Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Morning Dove
White-throated Swift
Anna’s Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
American Crow
Common Raven
House Wren
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

3 comments:

  1. Please don't feel to disheartened Marj, for you are bringing to us information and images that nobody else would see if you didn't photograph them...keep up the good work

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  2. Thanks for the encouragement - I'm here for another ten days so perhaps I'll get some good photos of the birds I'm seeing yet :-)

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