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| Red-breasted Sapsucker, South Lake |
The sapsucker stopped me in my tracks when it landed on a tree right next to the bike path at South Lake. I played it cool, though. Got off my bike casual-like, guided the kickstand down with my foot so it wouldn't make any noise, and unzipped the trunk bag to get my camera out. I had my back to the bird/tree the whole time. Playing it cool, like I said. Then slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch....
And of course by the time I turned to look, the bird was gone. It probably flew away as soon as I stopped.
But I figured it might still be around, and sure enough I soon spotted it high in another nearby tree.
Red-breasted Sapsucker (with bonus Townsend's Warbler)
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| This little ruby-crowned kinglet has something going on with the feathers at the base of its beak. I suppose it's just wear and tear, as I've seen that on other birds as well. |
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| There are two greater white-fronted geese hanging out with the much larger (and more numerous) Canada geese at Metson Lake. |
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| I wonder if these are the same two individuals I saw last year swimming with the Canadians in Blue Heron Lake. I didn't even recognize the same species when I saw them recently with thousands of snow geese at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Something about seeing them in the wild vs. in the park, or maybe because they looked bigger compared to snow geese (instead of Canadians). |
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| The swell was still pretty big at Ocean Beach yesterday, with a continuing offshore wind. |
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