Saturday has become one of my favorite days because I get to meet up with the SanCap Audubon group and hit the trail for some birding. We started out with a bit of fog and in no time at all we were blessed with a beautiful day.
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| An Eastern Phoebe without its tail. |
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| A few Red-bellied Woodpeckers were seen. |
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| The group today - 40+ |
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| A Pileated Woodpecker in flight. |
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| The Kingfisher sat for quite some time, resting. |
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| A Forster Tern - its orange/red feet was the telltale. |
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| It was fun to watch as it hovered and dove trying to catch some fish. |
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| The regular denizens of the Pond Apple Trail - Pelicans and cormorants among many others. |
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| And the Wood Stork too. Check the bubble gum color on its toes. |
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| Non-native Milkweed. (Thanks Phillis for the i.d. - she should be called a 'plant extraordinaire identifier' - because she is.) |
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| A Brown Pelican tending to an itch.... |
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| awww.... feel much better now. |
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| An Anhinga lady with beautiful pale green eyes. |
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| I believe this is a subadult Brown Pelican - perhaps known as a teenager with a spiky hairdo. |
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| I am standing by the edge of the road and zooming in toward the tree where the "X" is |
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| a little bit closer - still aiming for that tree |
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| Aha! Can you now see what I was zooming in for? |
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| Yes, the Pond Apple Trail Bald Eagle. And that, my friends, concluded our birding tour - what a way to end the day! |
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| Lets not forget to say a big Thank You to Matzaluna for letting us park during the early morning hours. |
My E-Bird List for today
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