Holiday Birdwatching II: The Expected
December 30th, 2009
Here are some birds that I completed expected to see–very standard issue for the Bay Area at this time of year:
That’s the White-crowned Sparrow above, common in these parts. Below is the American Coot, a relatively humdrum shorebird, more tame than many others.
The Green-winged Teal is a beautiful, if fairly common bird.
You see egrets quite a bit as well.
The Ruddy Duck stands out mostly because it is smaller than other ducks, but also because of its bright white cheek and the fact that it keeps diving under the water, like a grebe.
Black-necked stilts were easy to spot–nice birds.
But the American Avocet is one of the nicest shorebirds high in population. Very pretty indeed.
More birds soon…