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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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Ducks and American Coots swimming in a canal among the dry grass and green reeds, with more water fowl flying in the sky (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
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Ducks and American Coots swimming in a canal among the dry grass and green reeds, with more water fowl flying in the sky (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)

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  • Ducks and geese (White-fronted Geese) in the water (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Male Mallard Duck swimming in the water (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Male Northern Pintail Duck swimming in the water (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Ducks in the water and on a small island surrounded by dry grass, with many distant birds flying in the sky against clouds (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of geese (probably Snow Geese) flying against a blue sky (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of geese (probably Snow Geese) flying against a blue sky (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A raptor (possibly a Northern Harrier) flying over the reeds (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A small, brownish bird (probably a female finch) feeding in the small plants on the levee (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A small, brownish bird (probably a female finch) feeding in the small plants on the levee (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Ducks swimming in a canal among the dry grass and green reeds, with more water fowl flying in the sky (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Ducks and American Coots swimming in a canal among the dry grass and green reeds, with more water fowl flying in the sky (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A huge flock of small, dark birds flying in the sky, with ducks swimming in a canal in the foreground (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A raptor (possibly a Northern Harrier) flying in the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of ducks resting on an island, with many other water fowl flying in the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A flock of ducks resting on an island, with many other water fowl flying in the sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • White-faced Geese and a couple ducks on a bare island. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A Great Egret flying against blue sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A Meadowlark in dry grass in the shade. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • A Meadowlark in dry grass in the sun, facing us with its bright-yellow chest. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
  • Mallard Ducks (3 male and 1 female) flying against blue sky. (11/10/2012, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge)
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