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Avocet, American
10 More Avocets photographed on 28oct2007
see this set
lone individual
Avocet, American close-up
(1)
(2)
(3)
(large
flock of Avocets)
(flock,
flock wide) |
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Bittern, Least
Blackbird, Brewer's |
Brant
(Goose)
Brant (Goode) Flickr Set
Bufflehead |
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Cormorant, Brandt's |
Cormorant, Double-crested (six
from 4/8/07) (alt)
(breeding
plumage)
Cormorant, Double-crested taking off (again)
(mouth
open) (flying)
pair standing in water
triple standing on mud
in profile on a log |
Cormorant, Pelagic
Cormorant, Pelagic (2)
Cormorant, Pelagic (3) good
Cormorant, Pelagic (4)
Cormorant, Pelagic (5)
Cormorant, Pelagic (in flight) |
Curlew, Long-billed
Curlew, Long-billed (2)
Curlew, Long-billed (3)
Curlew, Long-billed (4)
Curlew, Long-billed (5)
Curlew, Long-billed (fighting)
1
2
3
4 (Curlew,
Long-billed, flying with food in mouth) (flying)
(standing
1
2)
Curlew in Evening Sun
Curlew evening sun
Curlew evening sun
Curlew, Long-billed close-up |
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Coot, American (alt)
(closer,
beak blown out) (frontal)
(all
at Flickr)
8 in group in estuary |
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Dowitcher, Short-billed,
More Short-billed Dowitchers
A
B |
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Dowitcher, Long-billed |
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Duck, Mallard
Duck, Mallard pair |
Duck, Ruddy
Duck, Ruddy (2) |
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Egret, Great
Egret, Great (2 same?)
Egret, Great (3)
Egret, Great (4)
Egret, Great (5)
Egret, Great (6a) (6b)
(6c)
(all)
Egret & Heron composite
(13
from 4/8/07)
Egret, Great (flying) (again)
Egret, Great
1
2
3
4
5
Egret, Great (family w/ chicks)
1
2
3
Egret, Great w/ chicks in nest (31may2007
good resolution)
(Egret
Family adults w/ chick in nest) |
Egret, Snowy
(alt)
(alt
sharper)
Egret, Snowy
Egret, Snowy (tussled hair)
Egret, Snowy (in nest)
Egret, Snowy at Estero Bluffs |
Falcon, Peregrine (more)
Falcon, Peregrine (2)
Finch, House |
Godwit, Marbled
Godwit, Marbled (2)
Godwit, Marbled
from 280ct2007
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Goose, Brant |
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Crackle, Great-tailed
Grackle, Great-tailed (2)
Grackle, Great-tailed (3)
Grackle, Great-tailed (dup?)
Grackle, Great-tailed evening sun (another) |
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Grebe, Clark's (alt)
(mouth
open) |
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Grebe, Horned
Grebe, Horned (eating Needlefish)
Grebe, Pied-billed (eating fish) |
Grebe, Western (alt)
(alt2)
Grebe, Western (pair)
Grebe, western (tilt head) (profile)
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| Gull, Bonaparte's |
| Gull, California |
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Gull, Heermann's
profile |
| Gull, Ring-billed |
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Gull, Western |
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Hawk, Cooper's |
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Hawk, Red-tailed |
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Hawk, Red-shouldered (alt) |
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Heron, Black-crowned Night
Heron, Black-crowned Night (2)
Heron, Black-crowned Night (3)
Heron, Black-crowned Night (4)
Heron, Black-crowned Night (5)
Heron, Black-crowned on pier (alt) |
Heron, Great Blue (all)
Heron, Great Blue (2)
Heron, Great Blue (3)
(alt)
(alt)
Heron, Great Blue Chicks
(close
close)
Heron, Great Blue
1
2
Heron, Great Blue (family)
1
Heron, Great Blue good light
Heron, Great Blue w/ rock
(in
profile) (eating
fish) |
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Kestrel, American
Killdeer |
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Kingfisher, Belted |
Loon, Common (alt,
same)
Loon, Common in breeding plumage
flapping wings |
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Merganser, Hooded
Merganser,
Red-breasted
Mockingbird, Northern
alt |
Osprey
Osprey (2)
Osprey more...
Osprey with fish (1)
(2)
Osprey (used as the
Wikipedia
main entry) |
Oystercatcher, Black
Oystercatcher, Black (2)
Oystercatcher, Black (3)
Oystercatcher, Black (4) ok!
Oystercatcher Pair (5 ID12 good)
Oystercatcher (6 ID3 good)
Oystercatcher sharp at least |
Pelican, Brown
Pelican, Brown (2)
Pelican, Brown (3)
Pelican, Brown (4) (more)
Pelican, Brown landing (taking
off)
Pelican, Brown pair
Pelican, brown close profile
A
B
C
Pelican, Brown (pair) |
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Pelican, White (American)
[Flickr set]
close profile
close pair
profile
frontal
rear-funny
3-feeding
flying |
Phalarope, Red (2)
Phalarope, Red
Phalarope, Red-necked (2)
Phalarope, Red-necked (3 same?)
Phalarope, Red-necked breeding plumage |
Phoebe, Black
Phoebe, Black (1
2
3 )
Phoebe, Say's |
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Plover, Black-bellied |
Plover, Snowy (Western)
Plover, Snowy (Western) (2)
more...
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 13
Re-conversion of best shot with sky in the background |
| Plover, Semipalmated |
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Rail, Virginia |
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Sandpiper, Pectoral
Sandpiper, Spotted
Scaup, Greater (E)
(D)
(C)
(2006) |
Sora
Sora (2 same) (alt)
Sora-w-shadow from ->
9/07
set)
Sora
one
two
three
four
Sora in shade
alt
Sora walking |
Sparrow, White-crowned (set 1-4) (alt)
Sparrow, White-crowned close (crop
head)
Sparrow, White-crowned
close1
close2
close2
Sparrow, Golden-crowned |
Stilt,
Black-necked
(best?)
(good?)
(good)
(ok) (better)
(set) |
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Teal, Blue-winged (1-reflection)
(2-erect)
(3-top
light)
Teal, Cinnamon (1-mating)
(2-reflection)
Tern, Caspian (more) |
Tern, Elegant
Tern, Elegant (2)
Tern, Elegant flock
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Tern, Forster's |
Tern, Royal
[ID disputed]
Tern, Royal
Tern, Royal
Tern, Royal
Royal, Elegant late light
Royal, Elegant set late light (good)
(manipulated
version)
Towhee California |
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Turnstone, Black (alt)
(profile) |
Vulture, Turkey
Vulture, Turkey (2)
Warbler, Yellow-rumped |
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Whimbrel
Whimbrel (2) |
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Wigeon, American (sharpened) |
Willet
Willet (2) (better)
Willet (3)
Willet flying
Willet (evening light)
Woodpecker, Downy
Nuttalls-male
Nuttalls-female
3-Nuttalls-3-male
Vulture, Turkey |
Yellowlegs, Greater (Flickr Set)
at Marina
Windy Cove 1
Windy Cove 2
with crustacean in its beak (crop)
People (birders):
Birder Gloria Nelson of Atascadero
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| Research
notes: NEP's "Common Birds of the Morro Bay Estuary" at
http://www.mbnep.org/files/pdfs/MorroBirds-web.pdf
Related resources:
Michael Walgren's
Birds
Birds (alt)
-- Discover the birds of the State Parks of
the San Luis Obispo Coast;
Lists:
Walgren and Birdfest list extractions for reference only - go to
sources indicated |