February 28, 2009: Birding South Coast Botanical Garden - Palos Verdes Peninsula, California

I spent some time at the South Coast Botanical Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula just south of Los Angeles. (Link) (Google Map Location). Nice place! Below are some pictures of birds, as well as some flora and fauna shots.

Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Above and Below: Allen's Hummingbird

Bushtit

Bushtit

Northern Mockingbird

Blossoms

Blooming daisies

Great Egret

More blooms

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Black Phoebe

Northern Mockingbird

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Above and Below: Palms in the sun

Townsend's Warbler

Northern (Red-Shafted) Flicker

California Towhee

Song Sparrow

Nutmeg Mannikin

Southern California Fox Squirrel (above and below)

Black Phoebe

February 28, 2009: Flights (Buffalo-Detroit-Los Angeles)

Photos from today's flights on Northwest Airlines (Buffalo-Detroit-Los Angeles)

Greene County, Iowa
Carroll, Iowa

Horse Creek Reservoir, Colorado

Barr Lake, Colorado

Denver International Airport

Denver, Colorado

Denver and the Front Range

Gunnison Lake, Colorado

Above and Below: Rocky Mountains

Ridgway State Park, Colorado

Above and Below: Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado

Dove Creek, Colorado

Abajo Peak, Utah

Natural Bridges Monument, Utah

Colorado River in Utah

Monument Valley, Utah

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Page, Arizona

Little Grand Canyon

Above and Below: Grand Canyon

Big Bear Lake, California

San Dimas, California

Rose Hill Park - Pico Rivera, California

lots of warehouses just south of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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