Steve's Birds: February 2016

Monday, February 22, 2016

Brandt's Cormorants, Wandering Tattler, La Jolla Cove, 2/22/16

About 100 Brandt's Cormorant were nesting on the cliff's at La Jolla Cove, 2/22/16. Below, Wandering Tattler was foraging on rocks near Harbor Seals with pups. A common partner to the much rarer Wandering Tattler is the other yellow-legged bobber, the Spotted Sandpiper. Heermann's Gulls in various plumage are always striking, if abundant.

Brandt's Cormorant, courting/nesting La Jolla Cove, 2/22/16

Brandt's Cormorant, courting, La Jolla Cove, 2/22/16

first view, Wandering Tattler, 2/22/16 La Jolla Cove

Wandering Tattler, 2/22/16 La Jolla Cove

Spotted Sandpiper, La Jolla, 2/22/16

Wandering Tattler, 2/22/16 La Jolla Cove

Heermann's Gulls, La Jolla Cove, 2/22/16

Heermann's Gull with sleeping seal,La Jolla Cove 2/22/16

Sunday, February 21, 2016

San Diego birds of Mission Bay, 2/19/16

Terns, Skimmers, Geese, Herons, Grebes, Shorebirds, Kingbird: Mission Bay, San Diego, 2/19/16

Royal Terns and Black Skimmers, Mission Bay, 2/19/16

some of 150 Black Skimmers, Mission Bay 1/19/16

Black Skimmers, Mission Bay, 1/19/16

Forster's Tern Mission Bay, 2/19/16

Little Blue Heron, Mission Bay, 2/19/16

2 Snow Geese and Brant, Mission Bay, 2/19/16

Cassin's Kingbird, Mission Bay, 2/19/16

Forster's Tern Mission Bay, 2/19/16

Whimbrel, Mission Bay, 1/19/16

Marbled Godwit and Long-billed Curlew pass, Mission Bay 1/19/16

Long-billed Curlew, Mission Bay 1/19/16

Eared Grebe, Mission Bay, 1/19/21

Western Grebe, 1/19/21

Long-billed Curlew, Mission Bay 1/19/16

OCWA with orange crown 2/21/16 La Jolla

OCWA, some orange crown 2/21/16 La Jolla, Bird Rock. The second most common warbler in S. California is the OCWA, and it is now sporting its breeding plumage, complete with orange crown: with its bright yellow plumage it's far from a drab bird.