BAB Winter 2009, Field Trip 3: Point Reyes
Haven't been diligent about journaling lately, alas. Our 3rd birding class trip was to Pt. Reyes, and luckily landed on one of the few recent dry days. Beautiful rainbows greeted us as we headed into Olema. Great day for birding, with two lifebirds for me! Rock Wren and White-winged Scoter. Very cool. Also, crazy Elephant Seals. They are large. Very large.
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Elefante Marino Norteño (Mirounga angustirostris)Autor
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This male Elephant Seal, his harem of two, and his kid were pretty close to the trail and quite personable. At least one of his womenfolk was taking no guff.
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Elefante Marino Norteño (Mirounga angustirostris)Autor
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This Elephant Seal was hauled out at Drake's Beach. The naturalist on hand said he'd probably lost some confrontations in the main colony further up the shore, and was here in exile. I wish I could have taken a pic of myself lying down next to this beast because it was absolutely gigantic. Like 4000 lbs gigantic. Of course, that would have been both illegal and kind of dangerous.
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Uapití de Tule (Cervus canadensis ssp. nannodes)Autor
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Did you know tule elk decorate their antlers with algae and lichen? I didn not. Party on, elk. Party on.
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Saltapared Cholino del Oeste (Troglodytes pacificus)Autor
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Zambullidor Pico Grueso (Podilymbus podiceps)Autor
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Carpintero Bellotero (Melanerpes formicivorus)Autor
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Codorniz Californiana (Callipepla californica)Autor
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Saltapared de Rocas (Salpinctes obsoletus)Autor
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Life bird! I think the most distinctive things about it were the dark eye line, overall grey coloration, and the interesting tweedy pattern on the back.
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Gorrión Corona Blanca (Zonotrichia leucophrys)Autor
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Negreta Nuca Blanca (Melanitta perspicillata)Autor
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Negreta Alas Blancas Americana (Melanitta deglandi)Autor
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Another lifebird! I would never have noticed this if Bob wasn't there to point it out. There were about three individuals, mostly brown and distant (FABB: Far Away Brown Bird), but even in the binocs you could see that they had a white wing bar, and in the scope you could see the white comma by the eye.
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