Photo ABCs

California Thrasher

A California Thrasher, photographed in Guajome Regional Park in Escondido, California, in October, 2018.

Cactus Wren

A Cactus Wren sings its scratchy song.

Photographed in a different vacant lot in Yucca Valley earlier the same morning as yesterday's post.

Moving to the other side of the bird and shooting into the sunrise makes a silhouette:

Bushtit

A silhouette of a Bushtit, photographed next to Fenton Pond in Chula Vista, California, one September morning of this year.

Guajome Regional Park

A couple of birds seen at Guajome Regional Park in April of this year.

A Great-tailed Grackle, silhouetted against the pond:

A male Bushtit:

Great Egret

A Great Egret with nesting material.

Photographed at Lindo Lake in April of this year:

American Wigeons

Yesterday's post featured Sandhill Cranes and a rising full moon.

Today's post features the setting full moon, the following morning.

Here are American Wigeons, at the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, in late December of last year.

California Thrasher, California Towhee

One afternoon in March of this year I visited Blue Sky Campground,  in the hills west of Lake Elsinore. The campground was not very birdy, so I continued driving along one of the side roads off of Highway 74 until I came to some hiking trails, which I sampled as the sun was setting.

Here is a California Thrasher catching the last rays of the setting sun:

A California Towhee, silhouetted against the colorful clouds after sunset:

I'm outta here!

Canada Goose

A silhouette of a Canada Goose, photographed at Santee Lakes in February of this year.

Bird Watcher's Digest

The March/April 2021 Bird Watcher's Digest includes this photo I took at Blue Jay Campground near Lake Elsinore, California.

It's certainly not an artistic photo, but it filled a need to illustrate an interesting article comparing the American Crow (the smaller bird on the right) to the Common Raven.

I was lucky to photograph both species flying next to each other high above the campground in May of 2018.

In the article the photo is cropped and reversed to fit their editorial needs.  I was pleased to contribute to the magazine!

Common Gallinule

A Common Gallinule, silhouetted against the colors of the reflected sky after sunset.

Photographed a few weeks ago at Lake Murray, in La Mesa, California.