Prado Regional Park White Wagtail

We went to Prado Regional Park in hopes of finding the White Wagtail that was reported on the "spillway." It took a while to find the spillway, but once we did, it was easy to find the Wagtail. Here's a map that shows where the spillway is:
Map of Prado Regional Park Spillway

Once there, we saw many other birds. It was a nice day for a walk. We are glad we are no longer on the east coast.


White Wagtail


Green Heron


Black-crowned Night Heron


Peregrine Falcon


American white pelican


Nutail's Woodpecker


Vermilion flycatcher


Vermilion flycatcher

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

Pied-billed Grebe


Western Grebe


Clark's Grebe


Black-crowned Night Heron


Black Phoebe


Vermilion flycatcher


"Cassink's Kingbird



Common Yellowthroat


Common Yellowthroat (female)



We visited San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and went shopping in the OC. Here are the birds we saw.

Hooded Mergansers

The hooded mergansers have returned.

Bushtits at the bird bath

The bushtits are adorable little birds that are always in small flocks. We see them flying from shrub to shrub on a daily basis, but have never seen one at the birdbath. Today, they came by for a group bath.

The migration has started: yellow-breasted chat and Nashville Warbler

We didn't see many migrants the spring. The fall is picking up. First we had a yellow breasted chat which is quite rare in our yard waste.



Next, we got a Nashville Warbler.

Bewick's wren

We stopped by Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and saw this wren.

Cooper's Hawk harassed by mockingbird

California Quail

We took a trip to wine county and spotted these California Quail in a vineyard in Santa Rosa. Later, we saw California Quail on the menu in Napa, but that's just rude.

Bossy Bullock's

We have a new yard bird: a female bullock's Oriole. She's been chasing other birds and getting exclusive use of the bird bath.

Cormorant Nest La Jolla Cove

Brant's Cormorant

Baby horned owl, nesting great blue herons at Bolsa Chica

Back to Lacy Park.: Baby Woodpeckers

Last week at Lacy Park, we saw a pair of nuttall's woodpeckers enter a hole in a tree carrying insects. We also heard baby woodpeckers calling but we never saw them. So, we came back this weekend in hopes that an additional week of growth would result in the babies sticking their heads out to be fed. We were right, and enjoyed the show.

Lacy Park, Pasadena

He's back: Western Tanager

The Western Tanagers spend only a short time in our yard during their migration, but we are always happy to see this colorful bird.

Hummingbird time

The Allen's Hummingbirds are particularly active this time of year.

Backyard birds, spring 2017

Wren

Black-headed grosbeak

Hooded Oriole

Cedar Waxwings, Robins and Pyracantha

The cedar waxwings and robins are a bit late this year. The Pyracantha berries are still around, so they are feasting.







They also like a nice bath.

Palm Springs

We are back in California, recovered from the monthlong trip to Australia and Fiji. We decided to skip the Super Bowl and go to Palm Desert. Here's a few birds we saw.


Verdin


Cormorant

Queensland birds

We are back in California after 3 weeks in Australia. It's hard to limit the photos but here are some favorites.
Also a bat.




Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher


Rainbow Lorikeets


Tawny Frogmouth


Spectacled Monarch


Black-faced Monarch


Eastern Whipbird


Rainbow Bee-eater



Eastern Yellow Robin


Pale-yellow robin



Laughing Kookaburra


Regent Bowerbird


Bridled Tern


Buff-banded Rail


Superb fairy-wren


Variegated Fairy-wren


Red-backed Fairy-wren


Rufous Fantail


Flying Fox (Fruit Bat)