Actually, just an OK Great Egret (Ardea alba). Still, it looked mah-vel-us in flight.
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Category Archives: Birds
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Hiker & Kite
From a short but lovely hike today in Briones Regional Park. There were 4 Kites hunting in a very small area.
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Buteo jamaicensis
Red-tailed hawks were in abundance during a visit to the San Luis Wildlife refuge. It seemed as if they were around every corner. Most looked to be juveniles perhaps in their first year.
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Hawk
During our visit to the San Luis Refuges, we noticed an abundance of raptors. I read that there is an explosion of voles and mice because of the cool summer that allowed grasses to linger longer. More voles and mice … Continue reading
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Raptors & John Muir
Last evening while a good friend and I were in the John Muir National Historic Site for a glimpse of the full moon rising over Mt. Diablo, we met up with a Park Ranger who was going to lead a … Continue reading
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Little Birds
I took a short, hot hike in a new-to-me part of Mt. Diablo State Park called Macedo Ranch. It was near mid-day, a terrible time to take photographs, but I wanted to see if some changes I had made to … Continue reading
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Bald Eagles, Calaveras Reservoir
I was on a gorgeous bike ride Saturday from Sunol to the Calaveras Reservoir and back when I passed a man with a spotting scope. I took a look in the direction it was pointed and saw what appeared to … Continue reading
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Sparrow
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF500mm f/4L IS USM, 1/400 @ f/11 A White Crowned Sparrow (Zonotricha leucophrys) seen during a morning walk at The Sea Ranch.
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Hmmmmmm
JCK_100317_0298 uploaded by admin. Canon EOS 5D Mark II+EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM – f/2.8@1/500 Hummingbirds are really a challenge. I’m going to try to be up to it.
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To Infinity and beyond
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60@f/8
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Geese
Canon PowerShot S3 IS + 6.0-72.0 mm, 1/800@f/3.5 There is a large gaggle of Canada Geese that make the long migration from AT&T to Chevron (nearly a half mile) several times a day. They stop and rest as it’s such … Continue reading
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LBJ: Junco
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 80-400mm, 1/400 @ f/5.6 A docent once identified a bird for me as an “LBJ”. When I asked, she said that meant “little brown job”. This LBJ is actually grey & black and is … Continue reading