Two stays on the US west coast bracketed our recent trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos. We initially spent some time near Portland, OR – playing viols at Pacific University at Forest Grove, where we twice visited the nearby Tualatin NWR (TL). After out Ecuador trip we returned to San Francisco where we stayed with our birding (and music) friend Leni at Palo Alto for four days. Leni took us to a great array of birding sties including Oyster Point (OP), Alviso NWR (AV), Baylands Nature Preserve and Palo Alto Duck Pond (BL), Stanford University (SU), Moss Landing (ML), and Ano Nuevo State Park (AN).
Some of the many birds we saw are presented below. I apologise for taking so long to get these up on the site!!
Northern Harrier (Juv) AN
Northern Harrier (Juv) AN
White-tailed Kite AN
Red-shouldered Hawk AN
Red-shouldered Hawk AN
Black Skimmer + Elegant Terns ML
Red-throated Loon ML
Red-throated Loon ML
Red-throated Loon ML
Long-tailed Duck ML
Brown Pelican ML
Peregrine Falcon ML
Long-billed Curlew ML
Least Sandpipers ML
Marbled Godwit ML
Acorn Woodpecker ST
Acorn Woodpecker ST
Black-necked Stilts AV
Great Blue Heron AV
Great Blue Heron AV
Snowy Egret AV
Snowy/peli territorial dispute AV
Great Egret AV
American White Pelicans AV
Snowy Egret AV
Black Phoebe AV
Canada Geese AV
Turkey Vulture AV
American Avocets BL
Bar-tailed Godwit BL
Willet + Long-billed Curlew BL
Black-crowned Night-Heron BL
Greater Yellowlegs BL
Killdeer OP
Western Sandpipers OP
Forsters + Elegant Terns OP
Bald Eagle TL
Northern Flicker TL
Stellars Jay TL
Western Wood Peewee TL
American Goldfinch TL
Spotted Towhee TL
Spotted Towhee TL
American Goldfinch TL
Black-crowned Night-Heron BL
Black-capped Chickadee TL
Northern Harrier TL
Sora TL
Cedar Waxwing TL
Great blue Heron AV
American Kestral TL
Western Scrub Jay TL
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