Prado Regional Park White Wagtail

We went to Prado Regional Park in hopes of finding the White Wagtail that was reported on the "spillway." It took a while to find the spillway, but once we did, it was easy to find the Wagtail. Here's a map that shows where the spillway is:
Map of Prado Regional Park Spillway

Once there, we saw many other birds. It was a nice day for a walk. We are glad we are no longer on the east coast.


White Wagtail


Green Heron


Black-crowned Night Heron


Peregrine Falcon


American white pelican


Nutail's Woodpecker


Vermilion flycatcher


Vermilion flycatcher

San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

Pied-billed Grebe


Western Grebe


Clark's Grebe


Black-crowned Night Heron


Black Phoebe


Vermilion flycatcher


"Cassink's Kingbird



Common Yellowthroat


Common Yellowthroat (female)



We visited San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and went shopping in the OC. Here are the birds we saw.

Birding the fish market in San Mateo

Night Heron


Egret



Common Goldeneye

Mike had a meeting near San Francisco Airport. While crossing a bridge, he noticed some birds and stopped in the parking lot of a restaurant to watch a while.

Back to Palo Alto Baylands

Mike had some business in Palo Alto, and stopped by the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. At this time of year, the Night Herons are nesting, but the biggest treat was the bullocks oriole. The black necked stilts also put on a show.

Back to Riverwalk and La Sierra

Juvenile Night Heron


Green Heron


Cedar Waxwings

We've been going for more walks recently, and we hadn't been to Riverwalk in a while. So we decided to park near the Hampton Inn and walk up to La Sierra University. Along the way, we spotted a green heron and a juvenile night heron. At the University, the best find was a flock of waxwings coming to a water feature.

Dairy Mart Ponds San Diego

Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Black-crowned night heron (juvenile)


Northern Waterthrush


Great Blue Heron with a fish


Kestrel with a dragon fly

Birding at Glen Helen Regional Park

The fall migration is picking up so we are heading out to find some migrants. This wekeend, we made it to Glen Helen Regional Park. Here are some highlights:



Red-shouldered Hawk



Black-throated Grey Warbler


Black-crowned Night-Heron

Riverwalk Herons and Egrets

Black Crowned Night Heron


Black Crowned Night Heron (Juvenile)


Green Heron



Snowy Egret

The weather was perfect this morning so Mike brought his camera along on our walk. We saw a few herons and an egret mixed in with the mallards that reside in the Riverwalk area of Riverside.

Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron

Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron

We are happy that we'll be able to see black-crowned night herons near our new home. Here's a juvenile we found near Riverwalk.