I went up to San Jacinto after lunch. After a series of
meh sort of trips this one really hit home! More hawks and raptors at one time than I can remember, at least for the last few years.
When I arrived the first thing I saw was this peregrine falcon on a pole and I knew that I would have a great day!
It was a perfect sunny day with perfect conditions. The peregrine falcon you see on top and bottom I was lucky enough to catch in an evening silhouette before I drove home!
Just what the doctor ordered.
Although I saw no eagles or owls yesterday, I did see a lark bunting, my first.
I thought it was a strange phoebe at first but later after talking to Dr. Tony Meltcalf realized what I had actually seen.
I managed to take a wonderful hike on the loop, saw the vermilion pair and some warblers, both yellow rumped and orange crowned.
Just a perfect day. Lots of ducks, no bugs. A little mud but nothing terrible.
One of the highlights was watching the kites in the hovering display called "kiting."
I don't have time to do a lot of shpieling today so the pictures will have to take the place of words. This is a fraction of what I saw.
Enjoy.
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kestrel |
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this coyote was in the field at the hunt club |
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yellow and red headed blackbirds |
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loggerhead shrike |
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female northern harrier |
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vermilion male, slightly out of range |
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Coots and shovelers |
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snowy egret |
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white tailed kite |
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red tailed |
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red shouldered |
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vermilion male, juvenile |
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peregrine falcon |
3 comments:
Wow! What an exceptional birding day Robert. Glad you got out there! Wonderful photos.
That's fabulous.
Very interesting blog.terrific photos.
thanks for the nod and nice words.
Penny
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