Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, January 2010
Some former co-workers of mine planned this excellent birding the trip in the valley, and we all had a grand time tooling around, looking at birdies. SNWR is a bit weird, because the primary way of viewing the scads of wintering birds there is to drive a planned circuit and bird from your car. Great way to see A LOT of birds, though, including Bald Eagles, falcons, owls, a bazillion Snow Geese, only a tad fewer Red-tailed Hawks, and pheasants! I had a couple of new-for-me's, including a White-faced Ibis and the Greater White-fronted Goose.
Kind of a haul. I burned 3/4 of a tank of gas in my somewhat fuel-efficient 2002 Corolla, so make sure to start with a full tank. Williams is the last town on I-5 before getting there, and Granzella's is a pretty decent place to grab a sandwich.
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אווז לבן-מצח (Anser albifrons)מתצפת.ת
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First time seeing (or perhaps noticing) this species!
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Definitely a first. White face was not entirely visible, but you could see it when it turned its head. Pretty cool.
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ברווז אפור (Mareca strepera)מתצפת.ת
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Think I've finally got this bird. It is a looker.
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מרית צפונית (Spatula clypeata)מתצפת.ת
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The fog and the nearly eye-level angle created a pseudo-tilt-shift effect. Weird.
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So many! Apparently they are very similar to Ross's Goose, the differences being that Ross's is smaller, and lacks the dark "lips" on the bill.
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Previously I had seen one Cinnamon Teal at Coyote Hills. This time there were many, many, many. Quite astounding, but none close enough for a decent pic.
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