trips : MLK Day with Steve login
photos by Bill Walker, click thumbnails to enlarge
47 Species at 4 Locations
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
New World Quail
Grebes
Cormorants
Bitterns and Herons
New World Vultures
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Caracaras and Falcons
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Plovers
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Pigeons and Doves
Typical Owls
Northern Pygmy-Owl SCFS
Sitting on a small twig next to Smith Creek, behind the fire station. At first, Bill thought it was a pine cone, but it turned out to be this fierce little bird with false eye patches on the back of its head and lovely plumage.
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Jays and Crows
Chickadees and Titmice
Wrens
Bewick's Wren (h) SAV
Thrushes
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Emberizids
Blackbirds
Northern Finches
Grant Ranch County Park, CA = GRCP
Mount Hamilton, CA = MH
Smith Creek Fire Station, CA = SCFS
San Antonio Valley, CA = SAV
Trip Notes
We havd a lovely time driving from near Lawrence through the San Antonio valley, up the back side of Mount Hamilton, and down the familiar side past Grant Ranch. We inteded to stop at Lake Cunningham to look for a Lesser Black-Backed Gull, but the weather did not cooperate.
Trip Map
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