A very nice day again. Lots of birders today, all very interested in the birds. We travelled to Borrego Springs Resort for some nice birding on the pond. Then we moved to another pond and found an adult Cooper's Hawk on a phone pole on the way. Don helped me take my first through the scope shot. Now I am hooked on scope shots and will try better next time. At the small pond we found a female Vermillion Flycatcher.
The Roadrunner walked past a few of us at the end of our trip (next to the cars parked at the RV park). It's fun to zero in on parts of the birds. Birds observed today only by the group-I didn't add birds I saw but didn't comment on such as both hummers, other doves etc. Group birds observed: American Wigeon, Mallard, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cooper's Hawk, Coot, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Ground Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Vermillion Flycatcher (nice female), Common raven, Western Bluebird, Northern Mockingbird, Common Yellowthroat, White-crowned Sparrow, and House Finch. We did not stop at feeders so we did not see several other species (next week).
On Monday January 28, those interested will have a nice bonus day. We will leave the clubhouse (pool) parking lot at 8A and drive to Ramona for a nice hawk and eagle day. Some can make it back by 1PM without lunch. If we have snow in the mountains it will be cancelled. I will blog on Sunday evening with some pictures of the Salton Sea and let you know if it is a go on Monday.
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| The Springs group looking at ducks and egrets |
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| Great Egret-Jane G took this nice shot |
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| My first through the scope shot-Cooper's Hawk |
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| Roadrunner getting ready to eat |
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| Looks like a nut |
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| Roadrunner Feet |
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| Roadrunner Tail Feathers |
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| Roadrunner neck feathers |
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