Sacramento NWR.
The first leg of my road trip went pretty well. The dogs are being good- alerting me to every single cow, horse, and sheep we pass- and the car is being good too. I even fit in a few hours on the Sacramento NWR auto tour.
It was early afternoon and fairly warm, with a strong breeze keeping things pleasant. The blackbirds and the Marsh Wrens were the loudest birds by far, only outshined by Jake and Ralph's whining when we came across a perfect trifecta of river otter, squirrel, and jackrabbit.
I was psyched to see so many Western Kingbirds...
A flock of White-faced Ibises flew overhead and landed, unfortunately, out of sight...
Other waterbirds inlcuded Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets...
I even managed a lifer at the refuge- an Ash-throated Flycatcher! Please excuse the bad windshield shot...
There were roughly one billion coots hanging out in the water, and roughly one Common Gallinule:
My first one not in Hawaii. Not a lot of birds were feeling like posing but the…
It was early afternoon and fairly warm, with a strong breeze keeping things pleasant. The blackbirds and the Marsh Wrens were the loudest birds by far, only outshined by Jake and Ralph's whining when we came across a perfect trifecta of river otter, squirrel, and jackrabbit.
I was psyched to see so many Western Kingbirds...
A flock of White-faced Ibises flew overhead and landed, unfortunately, out of sight...
Other waterbirds inlcuded Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets...
I even managed a lifer at the refuge- an Ash-throated Flycatcher! Please excuse the bad windshield shot...
There were roughly one billion coots hanging out in the water, and roughly one Common Gallinule:
My first one not in Hawaii. Not a lot of birds were feeling like posing but the…