When we go to the San Francisco area I like to stop at one of the California DFG wildlife viewing sites along San Pablo bay. I never know what I might see.
It was a windy day and the viewing an photography were difficult. I did see several Canvas Backs bobbing in the water.
I believe this is a female lesser scaup.
These Sanderlings were hunkered down in the marsh grasses, avoiding the wind I would guess.
As usual, feel free to correct me if I am wrong on my IDs.
San Pablo Bay is north and adjacent to the San Francisco Bay. A nice route for the birder as there are several places to pull off the road and check out the birds.
Hang Loose?
Back home I finally saw the crests on the Double Crested Cormorant. I was beginning to wonder about the name!
And a Marsh Wren stayed in sight long enough for me to snap a picture. I hear them frequently but they are shy and hide in the cattails.
You can find more birds at World Bird Wednesday, hosted by Springman.
26 comments:
Wonderful birds for the day, Martha! I love the Double Crested Cormorant!! Enjoy your day!!
Sylvia
Great shots! Love the double crests on that guy!
Nice pics, - great post!
Happy WBW!
Love those crests!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Wonderful captures! my favourite is of course the crests!!
Your birds are wonderful to see Martha..I hope all's well.
Hugs Andrew xx
lovely bird photos.
What a pretty little wren! I really enjoyed these.
Photographing the Cormorant like that is just perfect! I also like the shorebirds sheltering down in the grass.
Lovely collection of birds!
Great birds and sightings! The cormorant is cool and I love the cute wren!
Great shots, how rare it is to see those double crests!
;-)WBW!
wonderful sightings! nice detail on the cormorant, love the poofs!
Wrens are so quick, and hard to capture. I love the crests on the cormorant!
What a great birding day! Those sanderlings are so beautiful and the cormorant is very cool!
Love your photos, Martha! Beautiful ducks and that cormorant shot is wonderful!
Hi there - seems it's cormorant week! Very nice shot!
I'm sad to say mine only has one crest!
Cheers - Stewart M - Australia
Wow! The Double-crested Cormorant is really cool!
I bet the marsh wren is very hard to get in amongst the cattails. Wow, the cormorant really DOS have crests!
beautiful critters Martha.
Lovely to see the sun glistening on the water.
Love the Marsh Wren photo!
Love the double crests! They seem to be blowing in the wind.
That was some great birding. I've always thought that I've never seen a double-crested cormorant, but now I wonder....I'll be watching for that, maybe some of the many we see around here are doubles and I've just never caught them at the right moment.
The marsh wren is a wonderful catch.
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Nice shots of some very cool birds! Love the cormorant,even if it is from the back! I never see the crests either!
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