Phainopepla: Peck Road Water Conservation Park

Phainopepla

Hummingbird

We went to the Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia this morning.
The fall migration in California is a bit different than New Jersey. First, it's sunny and warm. Second, we have birds like the Phainopepla. The approaching storm seems fairly bad for New Jersey (which CNN refers to as the area between New York City and Philadelphia).

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

Bird on a Flower

House Finch

Another weekend, another bird by an orange flower. Oh, and a mountain chickadee too.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

We went on UC Riverside's birdwalk and breakfast and here is the best photo

Hummingbird

Hummingbird

We bought a new home and have begun remodeling it. Right now HGTV has priority over Animal Planet in our lives, but we can do some birding from our new yard.

Here's a hummingbird from our garden.

Prado Regional Park

Vermillion Flycatcher


Vermilion Flycatcher (juvenile)


Belted Kingfisher



Peacock

We went back to Prado today. We saw a belted kingfisher, our first since moving from a lake in NJ to California. You can tell this is a California bird by the blue sky in the background.

Brown Chinese Goose

Brown Chinese Goose

While out on our morning walk, we encountered two Brown Chinese Geese along Riverwalk.

We have been encountering quite a few wild birds that are not native to the area: Pin-tailed Whydah from Africa, Parrots from South America, Chinese geese.