photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Michael Todd | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> West Coast birding, spring 2014 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

West Coast birding, spring 2014

This trip was planned around a Holland America Repositioning cruise from San Diego to Vancouver, accompanying Paul Lehman who was leading a WINGS tour on the cruise. This has proven by far the easiest way to see the 3 regularly occurring species of Pterodroma petrels off the west coast. I maximized the amount of time I took off, and had 5.5 days of birding in southern Cal before the cruise, and 4 days of birding in Washington state after the cruise before flying back home. Got an unexpected 8 lifer or ABA birds, to finally push thru the 700 mark in the ABA, to 704.

Lifers/ABA birds were:

Sooty Grouse
Gray Partridge
Hawaiian Petrel (ABA)
Yellow-footed Gull
Island Scrub-Jay
Sky Lark (ABA)
Hermit Warbler (ABA)
Nutmeg Mannikin (ABA)

Photos of all but Hawaiian Petrel and Gray Partridge
SoCal birding days 1 to 6
:: SoCal birding days 1 to 6 :: 		Highlights of WINGS tour from San Diego to Vancouver; May 6-10 2014
:: Highlights of WINGS tour from San Diego to Vancouver; May 6-10 2014 :: 		Washington State portion (Days 10-13)
:: Washington State portion (Days 10-13) ::

comment | share
click on thumbnails for full image