June 16, 2007: Huntington Beach (Orange Co.) California Birding (10 BIRD/ANIMAL PHOTOS)

Since my flight in San Diego landed early, I headed north on I-5 to Orange County for some birding in the Huntington Beach area. Most of the time was spent at Central Park in Huntington Beach. I also stopped briefly at the San Joaquin Wildlife Preserve in Irvine.

Sea and Sage Audubon Society (Orange County Birding Info)

Pictures from Central Park: Western Bluebird
Black Phoebe
Downy Woodpecker

Allen's Hummingbird (lifer!)

Above and Below: Western Bluebird



California Ground Squirrel

Redhead

Rabbit!

One photo from San Joaquin: Spotted Towhee

INTERACTIVE MAP OF CENTRAL PARK AND SAN JOAQUIN WILDLIFE AREA

June 16, 2007: Buffalo - Minneapolis - San Diego (Flights) (32 FLIGHT PHOTOS)

Below are photos from the two flights I took on Northwest Airlines today: Buffalo to Minneapolis, and Minneapolis to San Diego. Visibility was good on both flights, so I got some nice photos...

Main St just north of downtown Buffalo

Delaware Park area of Buffalo

Tonawanda, NY
Grand Island, NY

Brantford, Ontario
Manistee, Michigan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rock Rapids, Iowa

Yankton, South Dakota

Nebraska's Sandhills

Ogallala, Nebraska

Castle Rock, Colorado

Rocky Mountain Front Range Southwest of Denver

Gunnison, Colorado

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Blanding, Utah

Southeastern Utah

near Monument Valley

near Monument Valley

Lake Powell

Little Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

North Rim Grand Canyon

More Grand Canyon views

Kingman, Arizona

Bullhead City, Arizona

Needles, California

Palm Desert, California

Alpine, California

Mount Miguel San Diego FM and TV site

Route 94 in Eastern San Diego

Balboa Park, San Diego

Here are the Flight Aware maps showing the paths of these two flights: