Photo ABCs

California Thrasher, California Towhee, Black Phoebe

A California Thrasher in the late afternoon light at Lake Hodges. Photographed in September of this year.

A California Towhee, photographed last month on the Coast Walk in La Jolla.

A Black Phoebe, photographed a few minutes later:

American White Pelicans

Photographed last month at Lindo Lake, Lakeside, California:

Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned Warblers

A Yellow-rumped Warbler, photographed one foggy morning on the La Jolla Coast Walk in February of this year:

An Orange-crowned Warbler, photographed a few minutes later and a few feet away:

North Dakota Birds

A few more birds, in or around Minot, North Dakota:

The Ring-necked Pheasant was unsuccessfully introduced from Asia into North American during the 1730's. It was introduced many more times throughout North American during the 1800s, and is now well established in much of the United States. Here is one along a roadside northeast of Minot:

The Gray Partridge was introduced into North America from Europe during the early 1900s and is now found in the northern Prairie states. This one was also along the roadside northeast of Minot:

The Field Sparrow is an unassuming bird found only east of the Rockies. Here is one photographed southwest of Minot:

A Brewer's Blackbird, not minding the rain:

An American Robin, wrestling with a dragonfly in Minot's Oak Park:

Down the gullet!

A female Yellow Warbler, photographed at Denbigh Experimental Forest:

Lake Metigoshe Birds

Lake Metigoshe State Park in North Dakota is one of the prettiest parks I have been to.

If I lived in North Dakota I would certainly spend a lot of time there!

Here a few birds photographed in or around Lake Metigoshe State Park:

Least Flycatcher:

Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. The male has a red throat.

Chipping Sparrow:

Is there any bird prettier than a Yellow Warbler?

Cedar Waxwing:

A number of shots taken from a canoe on a rainy day at School Section Lake, part of Lake Metigoshe State Park:

Red-necked Grebe, who doesn't mind the rain:

Female Bufflehead:

Common Goldeneyes:

Canada Geese:

 

 

Bald Eagle

A Bald Eagle patrols the skies near Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota. Photographed in June of this year:

Blue-winged Teal

Showing how it got its name!

Photographed at Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, near Minot, North Dakota, in June of this year:

American White Pelicans, Red-necked Grebe

Photographed at Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota, in June of this year:

North Dakota Sparrows

Sparrows seen in North Dakota in June of this year:

A Savannah Sparrow, singing away at Powers Lake Waterfowl Production Area. My hearing is usually not good enough to hear the high-pitched Savannah Sparrow, but I heard this one!

The secretive Le Conte's Sparrow shows itself for just a moment at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge:

A Vesper Sparrow, sings in the vacant lot next to our hotel in Minot:

A Chipping Sparrow, bringing an insect back to its nest. Photographed at Metigoshe State Park:

A Clay-colored Sparrow, at the Denbigh Experimental Forest near Minot:

Baird's Sparrow. The Baird's Sparrow has a small breeding range, consisting of the Dakotas, Montana, and the adjacent Canadian provinces. Life-bird! (As was the Le Conte's Sparrow)

 

Chestnut-collared Longspur, Bobolink

A Chestnut-collared Longspur, photographed not far from Minot, North Dakota, in June of this year:

A Bobolink, photographed in prairie habitat near Minot. Two life-birds for me!