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Sacramento NWR Jan. 2013

On Jan. 19, 2013 we took a day trip to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to all the birds, we were treated to a nice sunset.
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Leafless tree against blue sky with thin clouds, with its top filled with blackbirds (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
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Leafless tree against blue sky with thin clouds, with its top filled with blackbirds (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)

Leafless tree against blue sky with thin cloudswith its top filled with blackbirds 1192013Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Sacramento National Wildlife RefugeWillowsCA 20130119 January 192013

  • Large brownish raptor with yellow eyes and feet sitting on top of the dry reeds. This is most likely a 1st-year juvenile Red-tailed hawk with western light morph coloring (The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley, p. 122) (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Leafless tree against blue sky with thin clouds, with its top filled with blackbirds (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Three female deer grazing on the short green grass (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Female deer on the short green grass (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A shorebird that somewhat resembles a coot in size and shape, but is colored in grays and browns. This is probably a Common Moorhen in adult nonbreeding colors. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Geese swimming in front of the reeds: The brown goose on the left is Greater White-fronted Goose, while the white geese are Snow Geese. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Snow Geese swimming in front of the dry reeds. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Snow Geese swimming. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A collection of geese and ducks on an island, with farm buildings in the distance. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A male Northern Shoveler duck swimming. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A Snow Goose feeding in the water (with its reflection). (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A Snow Goose feeding in the water (with its reflection). (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A pair of Snow Geese swimming in the dark-blue water (with reflections). (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A pair of Snow Geese swimming in the dark-blue water (with reflections). (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A Snow Goose swimming in the dark-blue water (with reflection). (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of Greater White-fronted Geese feeding in front of the reeds, with a bunch of American Coots scattered about. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of Snow Geese flying against a partly-cloudy blue sky. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A pair of Snow Geese flying against a blue sky. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of Snow Geese flying against a partly-cloudy blue sky. (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • An American Coot swimming in the water (black bird with a white beak and red eyes). (1/19/2013, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
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