Wrentits vary from red-brown in their northern range to gray in their southern range. I thought this one was at the bright end of their red-brown spectrum.
Turns out my camera took these two picture .2 seconds apart. In case anyone wants to know how fast a Wrentits eye adjusts to the light.
And my search for anything non-Least Sandpiper continues..I don't know why, but looking at over 100 sandpipers to be sure they all are Least Sandpipers is fun.
I promise no more Least Sandpipers for awhile.
Pelagic Cormorant, this shows the snaky look to the bird. The head is about the same size as the neck. No bulb look as on Brandt's.
Anna's Hummingbird
The only alcid I saw on the ocean. Winter plumage Common Murre. Looks like it is slowly going to breeding plumage with that little line of dark feathers across the front.
My list
Cackling Goose 9
American Wigeon 200Mallard 4
Northern Pintail 35
Green-winged Teal 39
Surf Scoter 7
Black Scoter 1
scoter sp. 20
Bufflehead 18
Common Goldeneye 1
Ruddy Duck 32
Pacific Loon 1
Eared Grebe 5
Western Grebe 40
Brandt's Cormorant 3
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Pelagic Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 60
Least Sandpiper 100
Common Murre 1
Mew Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 8
Western Gull 6
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10
California Gull 4
gull sp. 40
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Rufous Hummingbird 1 appeared to be female
Northern Flicker 6
American Crow 12
Common Raven 6
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Brown Creeper 3
Pacific Wren 3
Marsh Wren 2
Bewick's Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Wrentit 4
American Robin 6
Varied Thrush 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Spotted Towhee 3
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 12
Golden-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Red Crossbill 7
Your claim that sorting sandpipers is "fun" makes me wonder about you...
ReplyDeleteMy daughters would say that is the tip of the iceberg and welcome to the club.
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