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Birds -- Los Banos, January 2011

I spent the afternoons of January 20 and 21 in the Los Banos area, mostly Merced NWR (the morning of the 21st was fogged out). There were plenty of cranes and white geese to see flying across the sky at a distance, but few came within camera range. My favorite photo subject was a lively Great Egret, which foraged within close range of the road.
White-faced Ibis, silhouette
White-faced Ibis, silhouette
Sandhill Cranes, flying
Sandhill Cranes, flying
Snow Geese
Snow Geese
Great Egret, striking at prey
Great Egret, striking at prey
Great Egret, with crayfish
Great Egret, with crayfish
Great Egret
Great Egret
Great Egret
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret
Tricolored Blackbird, male
Tricolored Blackbird, male
Red-shouldered Hawk, juvenile
Red-shouldered Hawk, juvenile
American Kestrel, male
American Kestrel, male
Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark