As many know, I just love Yolo Basin. Here are some of the better pics I have taken this Spring.
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Yolo Basin Notes Jan 5, 2014
Another good outing at Yolo Basin Wetlands today.
Went this AM around 11 or so. Spent about two hours there, driving around, hiking and birdwatching. Here are some of the pics I took while there.
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Interesting scene here – a Northern Harrier was chasing an American Bittern that had a crawfish in its mouth. |
Harvard Club of Sacramento outing to Yolo Basin #Birds #Birds #MoreBirds
Had a good outing today with the Harvard Club of Sacramento to Yolo Basin. Some pics and notes are below.
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Coots |
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Geese way way up high |
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Turkey vulture |
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Turkey vulture |
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American bittern .. a bit out of focus |
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Bittern again |
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Great egret |
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Great egret |
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Black phoebe |
Good day at Yolo Basin – Birds, Otters and more
I love Yolo Basin Wildlife Area. Only a 5-10 minute drive from Davis or a 20-30 minute bike ride. It is phenomenal. For more about it see the links below:
I drove over there there yesterday as a way of clearing my head after a bit of a rough day the day before. Drove around the gravel roads in the park for a bit and got out a few times to look around.
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First sighting of something of interest – off in the distance |
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A little far away for a good pic – but nice American Kestrel |
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Kestrel again |
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Some flowers out |
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Ruddy duck just off the road |
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Another ruddy duck |
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A group of Northern shovelers |
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More Northern Shovelers |
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Northern Pintails |
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Northern Pintails |
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Northern Pintails |
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Northern Harrier (a lot of Northern things I guess) |
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Coots (they are everywhere in the park) |
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Northern shoveler |
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More pintails |
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Kingfisher off in the distance |
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Forster’s tern (I think) |
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And then the best moment – there in front of me, running across the road – river otters. They caught me by surprise but I got this pic through my windshield. Six of them in total. |
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I went to where they crossed and looked around for 3-4 minutes and saw nothing. As I was getting ready to go I saw some rippling in the water. And then .. |
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One crossed the road. |
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And off to the other side. |
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There was a little trail of water in the road. |
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And then another crossed. |
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And another |
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And off into the bushes to the water. |
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And they then hung out clicking at each other and maybe at me. |
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They had left a little gift by the side of the road. |
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I kept watching |
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And then I realized maybe they were waiting for the other three. So I backed away and looked across in the water on the other side and there they were. |
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Overall a good day at the Basin.
More from Yolo Basin
Here are some pictures from a recent trip to Yolo Basin