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This blog is predominately about camera trapping in California. We camera trap to save our souls and to teach primary school students about biology and conservation. We will also touch on other camera trapping news and musings, sets from afar, mediocre herpetology, sucky birding, and other natural history discussions.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Waterfowl at YLR

It was a beautiful morning Thursday at Younger Lagoon with a wide variety of waterfowl and other birds out and about.

A pair of white tail kites were harassing a marsh hawk then perched on the a wire fence and coyote bush.



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Mallards
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Male Green-wing Teal

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His female traveling partner
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A pair of Spoonies
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Lesser-Scaup?
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A male heavy group of Ring-neck ducks
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Close-up of piece of Garter Snake

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I found this piece of garter snake on the trail.  It had been eaten up by something.

2 comments:

  1. There can be only one reason for such an outing -- you were refreshing your brain and getting inspiration to work on the manuscript. Good on you!

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    1. Yeah, gave the manuscript to my Advisor and headed out for a little simple adventure. Got the draft back on Friday with mark-ups and spent the long weekend on draft 2. Back on the boss man's desk so a few days to breath again before draft 3.

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