I didn’t get any good pictures of him in the overcast morning light, but I did get him singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3g-mawqlLQ
Wednesday
A black bellied whistling duck day. Small flocks flying back and forth overhead this morning. A flock of four circled and landed across the pond from us.
Warm nights. Furnaces off. Windows open. Good sleeping weather. Don’t need the air conditioning yet.
Bonaparte’s Gulls bobbing around next to the south jetty.
And a quick video of them on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vndgqKN2Y
They kind of look like phalaropes when they swim. Phalarope gulls.
The northern jacana takes a walk
Cinnamon Teal
…and with a Blue-Winged Teal.
Birding
This birding thing can be a dirty business. To get to a good burrowing owl site, it might involve driving on a road like this (level, but very slippery):
Leaving the Jeep looking like this (not much traction left with these tires):
Just try to imagine how long it took Judy to get that all washed off…