October 2010

I was a busy person October and I did not get to bird at Guadalupe and Oceano like I usually do every October. I had a Western Kingbird/Tropical Kingbird at the ranch. Not sure which is more likely in October?

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/E5Bq4usBCphsk5BLBtGlDQ .

I think I saw a juvenile Moorhen at River Oak Park in October??

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/z2bx5fWlmHx92mlRlK06Ng  .

October 27 I saw a Red-naped Sapsucker at Mission Santa Ines in Solvang.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WywtzlyoGSeG0s1ddpQEZQ  .

And a White-throated Sparrow at Han Christian Anderson! Park in Solvang .

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/URCFqXj8zFTgZ2JOHeHd9A  .

On October 28, 2010 I went to the Santa Maria Sewage Plant and saw a late Pectoral Sandpiper and a late Solitary Sandpiper as well as an Eurasian Wigeon.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LbH04VnmSNUsHCnt5VcabQ  .

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AaYtSJXzKYB6CMs2xQ3Ifg  .

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aimDPExFJkmMqQJVUuC5VQ .

Ivory Gull at Pismo Beach

Like many California birders I went to Pismo Beach not for the clams, man, but to see an Ivory Gull who knew he should have made a left turn at Albuquerque. The bird first showed itself to a non birder who took a photo Thursday November 4, 2010. I went Saturday afternoon hoping to miss the twitcher mob. It was a very beautiful bird and like everyone who went I got some photos. The bird was tame! I am pretty sure an adult Ivory Gull at Pismo means were all screwed. Global warming bla bla bla.