1/8/15, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cathedral Canyon Golf Club; Canyon Wren, S. Lykken Trailhead, S. Palm Canyon Rd

A record photo of a Yellow-throated Warbler at the Cathedral Canyon Golf Course on 1/8/15.  First seen in a puddle in the parking lot; later feeding in palms and eucalyptus.  Also, a few record shots of a Canyon Wren which was working the rocks and boulders along the path leading from S. Palm Canyon Rd to the S. Lykken Trailhead in Palm Springs.

1/5/15 Roadrunner Demuth; Sora, Coot Whitewater; Gambel's Quail Salton Sea 1/4/15

1/2/15, Canvasback on Whitewater tribe area pin (btw 111 and I110); Fox Sparrow,Big Morongo Valley

A few record shots of Canvasback on a pond just south of I10 on the road connecting I10 to 111, btw Big Morongo and Whitewater.  Also, record shots of Interior West (Slate-colored) Fox Sparrow near home with feeds at Big Morongo Valley reserve.

adult female Canvasback, 1/2/15

Mountain Plover, 12/31/14, Dunlop and San Jacinto, Riverside CA

A few record shots of Mountain Plover in agricultural fields in Riverside CA:

Abert's Towhee, Verdin, Roadrunner 12/29/14

Abert's Towhee, Verdin at our PS condo; Roadrunner at Visitor's Center, San Jacinto Refuge, Palm Desert

Demuth Roadrunner, Cattle Egret on the mixer; home WW Dove, 12/28 & 29/14

A record shot of a Roadrunner near the sewage treatment plant in Demuth Park, Cattle Egret riding the mixer, and a White-winged Dove at home condo 12/28, 29/14

Cattle Egrets riding the sewage mixer, Demuth Park, Palm Springs 12/28/14

Cattle Egrets riding the sewage mixer, Demuth Park, Palm Springs 12/28/14

White-winged Dove, condo, Palm Springs, 12/28, 29/14

Roadrunner, Demuth Park, Palm Springs CA 12/28/14

Demuth Park 12/27/14, Vermiliion Flycatcher, BCNH, el al

Today, 12/27/14, the Vermillion Flycatcher was back at the same spot he was in when we left in Feb 2014.  He's redder now.  Also, a photo of the juvenile BC Night-Heron.  This afternoon a groundsman named Jeff gave me a ride through the golf course in search of his mystery bird, which turned out to be the juv BCNH.  Also present today, but out of photo range, Spotted SP, Killdeer, Rough-winged Swallows.

Snowy Egret with Gadall, DC Corms, GB Heron, Demuth 12/27/14

juv Black-crowned Night-Heron, Demuth 12/27/14

Vermillion Flycatcher, adult male, 12/27/14 Demuth

Red-tailed Hawk, Demuth, 12/27/14