Photo ABCs

Lark Sparrow

A Lark Sparrow, photographed at Agua Caliente Regional Park in Tucson in August of this year.

Rufous-winged Sparrow

The Rufous-winged Sparrow has a very small range, consisting of northwest Mexico and Southeast Arizona. As the Merlin app states, the bird is poorly named, since the rufous wing is merely a "barely visible patch on the shoulder."

Here is one photographed at Agua Caliente Regional Park in Tucson, Arizona, in August of this year.

Vermilion Flycatcher

The Vermilion Flycatcher is always one of my favorite birds.

It's not very common in Southern California, but is very common in Arizona and in most of Mexico.

Here is one posing prettily in Agua Caliente Regional Park, in Tucson, Arizona. Photographed in August of this year.

A female, photographed a few feet away and an hour later:

Black-crowned Night-Heron

A Black-crowned Night-Heron in the morning light at Famosa Slough. Photographed in August of this year.

An immature Black-crowned Night-Heron, photographed earlier that morning:

Imperial Beach Birding

Though Imperial Beach is not far from me, I don't get there often enough for birding.

Snowy Egret, photographed one afternoon in August of this year:

Later that day, a Belding's Savannah Sparrow, backlit by the setting sun:

The following evening, a Snowy Plover, in its nesting area north of the Tijuana River mouth. Though I was quite a distance from the bird (this is a crop from a photo with a long lens), it was still nervous by my presence, and I left it alone.

A Willet, later that evening, in the fading light after sunset:

Great Egret

A Great Egret, photographed at Famosa Slough, in San Diego, in August of this year.

Another Great Egret, photographed from a kayak at Lake Hodges, in October of this year.

American White Pelican

American White Pelicans, photographed at Lindo Lake, Lakeside, California, in August of this year.

Black Phoebe

The Black Phoebe can be relied upon to pose even when there are no other birds around to photograph.

Here is one at Lindo Lake. Photographed in August of this year.

Another, also at Lindo Lake, in October of this year:

Female Hummingbird

This might be a Black-chinned Hummingbird, identifying many female hummingbirds is beyond my pay grade!

Perhaps an astute reader can help.

Photographed in Benton Hot Springs on July 1 of this year.

Bullock's Oriole

A Bullock's Oriole, photographed at Benton Hot Springs, California, in June of this year.