October 13, 2010: Locke Mills and Portland, Maine Area

Some beautiful fall colors around Bethel, Maine

Blue Jay

Red Squirrel

The drive from Bethel to the Maine Coast

Cape Elizabeth, Portland

Song Sparrow

Interesting Mosses

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Herring Gull

Above and Below:  Common Eider

Berries

Fall leaves

New York Aster

New England Aster

Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse

The ocean at Cape Elizabeth

Greater Black Backed Gull

Black Guillemot

Common Loon

Double Crested Cormorants

Greater Black Backed Gull

Double Crested Cormorants

Scarborough Marsh

Above and Below: Double Crested Cormorant

Fall Colors

Above: Berry Trees

 

Song Sparrow

 

Lesser Yellowlegs

Cape Neddick Lighthouse Area

 

Above and Below: Double Crested Cormorant

Common Eider

Black-Bellied Plover

March 1, 2009: Birding Borrego Springs and Salton Sea, California

Spent a good portion of day birding with BJ Stacey and his wife. They are from the San Diego area. We had a great time! We started out in the early morning in Borrego Springs, looking for LeConte's Thrasher (no luck - but we saw some nice scenery trying). Then we headed to Salton Sea for some time before I had to head up to Redlands. We stayed at a nice hotel in town, Hacienda del Sol

At the LeConte's site in Borrego Springs we ran into Imperial Valley birder Bob Miller and had a great time talking to him. It turns out he does bird guiding - would love to get a chance to bird with he and his group someday! (link)

GOOGLE MAPS LINK TO LOCATIONS OF TODAY'S PHOTOS

Above and below: Great early morning desert scenery
Below: Some desert wildflowers on the scene

Common Raven footprint in the sand

More desert scenery

Desert aloe garlic plant

Above and below: At the Borrego Sink, a Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher was nest building

House Finch at the sink

Red-Tailed Hawk in Borrego Springs

Some wildflowers and scenery near Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

SALTON SEA AREA PHOTOS

Aloe vera farm

Marbled Godwit

Black-Bellied Plover

Brown Pelican

Cinammon Teal

Above and Below: Greater Roadrunner

Eared Grebe

Great Egret

Above and Below: Least Sandpiper

SONNY BONO NWR HEADQUARTERS

White-Crowned Sparrow

California Quail

Above and Below: Common Ground Doves

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

CALIPATRIA Above and Below: Whimberel flight shots

This field was full of different kinds of birds

Above and Below: Long-Billed Curlew

Eurasian Collared Dove

Above and Below: American Pipit

Below: photos of Burrowing Owls in the area

Mountain Plover

Coyote near the Sonny Bono HQ

Ross' Goose at the refuge HQ

Snow Goose flock

Smaller Snow Goose in the middle - maybe Ross hybrid?