April 27, 2005
On a roll...
After a quiet start, the good birding continued when we located a singng Grasshopper Sparrow along County Road 12A. Moving on to Road 78A, we quickly ran into 3 male Lawrence's Goldfinch, which stuck around long enough for a photo call. As an added bonus, a MacGillvray's Warbler was briefly on view in the same bush as a Lawrence's!
A brief excursion to Woodland WWTP produced 100+ Black Terns, and some smart-looking Bonaparte's Gulls.
A surprise find was a pair of Pacific Golden Plovers (will I ever get a decent shot of this species? I'm always hampered by heat haze, strong wind, distance...)
A return visit to Woodland the following day yielded yet more good views of Black Terns...
... and my first Red-necked Phalaropes of the Spring.
