I will never tire of the sight or the sound of Sandhill Cranes flying over the Imperial Valley.
Here is a group returning to its evening roost near the Salton Sea.
Photographed in October, 2019.
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September 30, 2022
September 23, 2022
Great-tailed Grackles
When leaving the parking lot to look for birds along the beach in Ventura, I heard a bird call I did not recognize.
Investigating, I discovered a fledgling Great-tailed Grackle begging to be fed.
Soon, its mother returned with a tasty morsel.
The baby is bigger than its mother!
Photographed in June of this year.
June 26, 2022
California Thrasher
A California Thrasher, photographed in Guajome Regional Park in Escondido, California, in October, 2018.
June 20, 2022
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:
October 14, 2021
Bushtit
A silhouette of a Bushtit, photographed next to Fenton Pond in Chula Vista, California, one September morning of this year.
September 11, 2021
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:
August 17, 2021
Great Egret
A Great Egret with nesting material.
Photographed at Lindo Lake in April of this year:
May 17, 2021
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.
May 01, 2021
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!
March 09, 2021
Canada Goose
A silhouette of a Canada Goose, photographed at Santee Lakes in February of this year.