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While I was at the #2 platform, a friend of mine asked me to look at a photo she had just taken with her Powershot camera of a bird below the #1 platform. I was shocked to see two very good photos of a snipe. I immediately went out to the #1 platform, but this was all I could manage in the fading light.
A flock of geese flew over and landed on the Unocal grounds as the sun was beginning to set.
Monday (1/26/15) Terry and I went to the Willow Creek fish hatchery after lunch. I got a shot of my nemesis bird, the ruby-crowned kinglet, making a rare appearance out in the open on a tree by the creek.
McInroe, the male Anna's hummer who guards the #3 viewing platform at the marsh, has been perching on a branch which provides opportunities for artsy back-lit shots in the late afternoon.
I was at the #1 platform near sunset when something on the Unocal grounds disturbed flocks of killdeer, ducks, and geese which had been bedding down in the area for the night. I was hoping it was the resident coyote, but it turned out to be two people walking on the grounds.
Photography has not been easy with our past several days of rain. Thursday (2/5) I caught a male kingfisher at the marina. That was a little unusual as I usually see the female there.
I knew there would be high water at the marsh on Friday (2/6) after a day of rain. The herons had returned and were resting at their usual spot not far off the boardwalk.
I walked out to the #1 viewing platform, where I scared two snipes which had sought the high ground below the platform. I got two Sasquatch shots of one of the snipes landing.
The snipe sneaked into the bullrushes. I was surprised at how thin the snipe looked as it walked.
High water in the marsh can affect the behavior of some of the birds. I went down to the marsh Saturday (2/7) to see check the water level and look for birds.
Two coots were in the marsh. Although it is a common species in the area, I seldom see any at the marsh.
The herons hang out at the marina when the marsh is a large mud flat and return when the marsh fills up after a rain. One heron was unusually close to the #2 viewing platform and boardwalk.
I have a photo policy of shoot first and ask questions later. Many times this works out for the better. I thought this was just another song sparrow when I photographed it in rather poor light. Examination of the photo on my computer showed it to be a fox sparrow.
I thought this was just another song sparrow when I photographed it in rather poor light. Examination of the photo on my computer showed it to be a fox sparrow.
Monday (2/9) after lunch Terry and I went to the marsh where we saw what appeared at first glance to be a swimming killdeer. It was in fact wading in water that came up to its body.
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