Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Nature Experienceship - Birding with Merrill Webb





We saw the following birds on Saturday, July 17, 2010:

Osprey
Great-tailed Grackle
Barn Swallow
Yellow-headed blackbird
Great Blue Heron
Western Kingbird
Killdeer
Starlings
American Kestrel
American Pelican
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Ring-necked Pheasant
Caspian Tern
Tree Swallow
Green-winged Teal
Raven
Canada Goose
Franklin's Gull
White-faced Ibis
Wilson's Phalarope
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Yellowthroat
Long-billed Dowitcher
Cinnamon Teal
Sandhill Crane
Ring-billed Gull
Western Sandpiper
Goldfinch
Swainson's Hawk
Cattle Egret

Here are some photos:





American Avocet in flight

Pelicans, Stilts, Avocets, and a gull (either ring-billed or Franklin's)


Black-necked Stilt

Killdeer

Photos courtesy of Becky Witt