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A couple of nice finds
- Posted at 2:18 AM on Thursday, May 29, 2008 by Chris Conard This Lark Bunting was a nice surprise while I was doing Tricolored Blackbird surveys to the east of Oakdale in Stanislaus County. This bird was at a small dairy at the corner of Crabtree and Warnerville Rds on 4/24 and 4/25/08. It was also reported the following day.  This was my first view of the bird.  Jeri Langham found this spectacular Hooded Warbler on 5/16/08 at the Gristmill access of the American River Parkway--just a mile from our house. Kimya and I were lucky to see it in the afternoon after work. This is one of a handful of records for this species in Sacramento County.  This photo wouldn't have been possible in the pre-digital era--at least not without a flash. It was in deep shade and I took this at 1600 ISO at only 1/60 of a second--believe me, most of the photos were blurry. Though he looks like he is singing, he is actually panting. It was 100 degrees. I've posted some video of the bird actually singing here. Amazingly, Jeri predicted that this area was due for a Hooded Warbler just a week before he found it. A nearby House Wren going to its nest hole.  Dan Airola alerted me to a photo op of Purple Martins sitting close to the Sutterville overpass near Sacramento City College.  This large family of Bushtits was fun to see at the Bufferlands.  This Sinuous Snaketail was near our home along the American River.  This Pacific Clubtail was at the Bufferlands.  Tim Manolis led a Dragonfly (and damselfly) walk across the river from Gristmill near Rio Americano High School where there are nice backwater ponds. This Exclamation Damsel was one of many on a very cold and drizzly day (5/24/08!). Note the blue exclamation marks on its thorax.  To see some real photos of these creatures, check out Ray Bruun's site. Post Comment
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- Posted at 6:21 AM on Thursday, May 29, 2008 by rjhall Congrats on the Lark Bunting find - I've still never seen one! We also have a damselfly (a bluet) whose antehumeral stripes are exclamation marks - I will eventually post pictures of these on my blog, but am running hopelessly behind... |
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