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Sacramento NWR Nov. 2013

On November 10, 2012 we visited the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. This consists mainly of a driving loop where you stay in your car and use it as your "blind", as the birds let cars much closer than people on foot. This place is dominated by water fowl (mostly geese and ducks), but there are plenty of smaller birds on land as well.

Probably the stand-out photographic feature of this day for me was coming across a flock of Cattle Egrets feeding near the road, who kept flying from place to place, giving me lots of practice photographing them in flight. This allowed me to get may different angles of them, and while many of those angles probably won't be framed and hung on a wall, they are a big help if you are trying to identify the bird from a pose that isn't in your typical bird book.
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A pair of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
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A pair of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)

A pair of Snow Geese flying against the sky. 11102012Sacramento National Wildlife RefugeSacramento National Wildlife RefugeWillowsCA20121110 November 102012

  • Brownish bird in the shallow water at the edge the marsh. It looks a lot like a western variety of the Northern Waterthrush, but this bird is very rarely seen in this area (Stokes Field Guide to Birds, p. 416; The Sibley Guide to Birds, p. 449). (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Brownish bird in the shallow water at the edge the marsh. It looks a lot like a western variety of the Northern Waterthrush, but this bird is very rarely seen in this area (Stokes Field Guide to Birds, p. 416; The Sibley Guide to Birds, p. 449). (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Ducks swimming in the water, with geese on the shore behind. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • An American Coot (black bird with white beak and red eyes) swimming in the water. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • An American Coot (black bird with white beak and red eyes) swimming in the water. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Ducks and geese in the water and on the shore, with a flock of Snow Geese flying overhead. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Mallard Ducks swimming in the water, with the males showing off their brilliant green heads. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Mallard Ducks swimming in the water, with the males showing off their brilliant green heads. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of Snow Geese flying against blue sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Mallard Ducks swimming in the water, with some of the males showing off their brilliant green heads, including one flapping its wings. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Mallard Ducks swimming in the water, with some of the males showing off their brilliant green heads, including one flapping its wings. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of White-fronted Geese (grey geese with a pink bill) flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A pair of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A pair of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A pair of Snow Geese flying against the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A male Mallard Duck flying low. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A male Mallard Duck flying low. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A male Mallard Duck flying low. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
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