Las Gallinas April 2012
It's been a long time since I've got out and gone for a walk to take photos of birds. The last time appears to be back in November of last year, so a good four months ago. We decided to head to the north bay to Las Gallinas and have a wander round before going to a friends for beer and food. It was a fantastic day, the highlight being an otter that was swimming around the lake. We also saw a mouse at the end. Not entirely sure what mouse it is, but a bit of searching shows that there is an endangered species here called the salt marsh harvest mouse. I think this might be one, but it could also be just a field mouse. The birds I think are:
- American Avocet
- American Coot
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Black Phoebe
- Black-Crowned Night-Heron
- Brewer's Blackbird
- California Quail
- Canada Goose
- Cinnamon Teal
- Common Merganser
- Common Raven
- Double-Crested Cormorant
- Gadwall
- Golden-Crowned Sparrow
- Great Egret
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Horned Grebe
- House Finch
- Mallard
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Shoveler
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Ruddy Duck
- Savannah Sparrow
- Snowy Egret
- Song Sparrow
- Swainson's Thrush
- Turkey Vulture
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