Photos taken in USA and tagged as birds

Day 192 - Yellow Billed Magpie

The area near the rice fields outside of Marysville, CA is great for bird watching. This Magpie was on Matthews Lane (literally)

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds magpie
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Day 192 - Whimbrel or Curlew

This bird looks a lot like a Whimbrel, but was much darker, so I'm not quite sure.

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds whimbrel
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Day 192 - Whimbrel in flight

Is it a whimbrel? Maybe a second shot will help.

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds whimbrel
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Day 192 - Whimbrel

I couldn't be sure what sort of bird this is so have posted more then one shot. Any help would be appreciated.

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds whimbrel
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Day 192 - Robin

OK - the Robin is probably one of the most common birds around, but this shot was just to pretty not to post

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds robin
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Day 192 - Red-Winged Blackbird

There are lots of these along Matthews Lane near Marysville, CA.

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds blackbird
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Day 192 - Killdeer

This is in one of the rice fields along Matthews Ln, near Marysville, CA

Date: 11 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds killdeer
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Day 188 - Arts, Red-breasted Nuthatch

The colors on the head of this bird are so distinctive that I was able to find it in Sibleys without too much difficulty

Date: 8 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Paradise, USA: gallery
Tags: birds nuthatch
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Day 187 - Western Scrub Jay

This was on the path near where gold was discovered at Sutters Mill in Coloma, CA.

Date: 6 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Coloma, USA: gallery
Tags: birds jay
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Day 186 - Western Bluebird

This was at the Nevada County Fairgrounds where we stayed last night

Date: 5 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Grass Valley, USA: gallery
Tags: birds bluebird
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Day 185 - Snow Geese

There was a huge flock of snow geese just outside our campground. This is about 1/2 of the flock.

Date: 4 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sacramento, USA: gallery
Tags: birds geese
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Day 185 - Snow Gease Group

A bit of a closeup of the geese flock. I believe the darker ones are the youngsters.

Date: 4 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sacramento, USA: gallery
Tags: birds geese
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Day 185 - Western Meadowlark

This was at Davis Shores RV Campground where we stayed along the Sacramento River Delta

Date: 4 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sacramento, USA: gallery
Tags: birds meadowlark
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Day 184 - Snow Geese

Although I'd better check my book - apparently there are also Ross geese in this area that look similar.

Date: 3 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sonoma, USA: gallery
Tags: birds geese
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Day 184 - Small Bird

OK - I'm too tired to look this one up, but may try again later....

Date: 3 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sonoma, USA: gallery
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Day 184 - Northern Harrier (Back)

Finally, I did look up this one. The distinctive white band across the tail helps identify it as a Northern Harrier, a bird of prey.

Date: 3 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sonoma, USA: gallery
Tags: birds harrier
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Day 184 - Northern Harrier

This Harrier was circling around and around a vineyard just outside of Sonoma, just a few feet above ground. This is normal hunting behavior for them.

Date: 3 March 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Sonoma, USA: gallery
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Day 184 - Mom at Pond

I parked in the downtown area for a few minutes to check email, Mom found some old bread in the cupboard and decided to enjoy the warm weather and seagulls.