Las Gallinas July 2016
I was in two minds whether or not to take a trip out today. After getting caught in the traffic on Friday with all the people going away for the long weekend, I was worried that I would hit the same traffic returning from the break. Fortunately I got up relatively early in order to get out, do my walk and get back before traffic became a problem. Time to visit another of those old favorites, Las Gallinas. Now, there had been reports of a Least Bittern being spotted which would have been great to see, but all that did was brought in a number of birders all looking for the same bird. I was aware of this sighting, but that wasn't the reason for me heading out - this has always been a favorite spot and seems to have a knack of turning up something new every time I visit. Well, today was no different. Not anything amazing, but I've never photographed a common moorhen at Las Gallinas before and today I got to see two of them - one on either side of the lake.
- American White Pelican
- Black-Crowned Night-Heron
- Bushtit
- Canada Goose
- Common Moorhen
- Double-Crested Cormorant
- Great Egret
- Great-Tailed Grackle
- Green Heron
- Mallard
- Pied-Billed Grebe
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Savannah Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Turkey Vulture
An interesting note is the circling vultures (that may have had some ravens amongst them) was actually caused by the large number of birders rather than a looking for their prey. I'm not sure what happened, but as I was walking towards what appeared to be the popular spot, someone must have spooked several birds as they all took to the air.
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