Just a couple of photos from my walk a few days ago. It seemed birds ruled the lake that morning. They were everywhere and in large numbers.
These pictures include a great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis), American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), American coots (Fulica americana), rock doves (Columba livia) and double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus). I’m sure there are other species hidden in the background of the first one that are not identifiable in that view.
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A few captivating tidbits from today's walk... This is a male great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus). He had been perched on the pier quite close to me. As luck would have it, he took to the air the moment I snapped the photo. But I wasn't terribly disappointed given this shot.…
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A month ago I began an informal series of posts showing some photographs I captured during the first walk I took with my new camera, a Canon S5 IS. Now quite some time after that first post, I'm finally getting to the second part (and who knows how long it…
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Two scenes taken yesterday from the lake's opposite poles. From a pier at the north end looking due south: Mostly what you see are American coots (Fulica americana) along with a few ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) in the distance. With no clouds and no wind, an ozone haze lay heavily…
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