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Willets and Marbled Godwit, California September 2008 © tour participant Don King

Willets and Marbled Godwit, California September 2008 © tour participant Don King

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Willets and Marbled Godwit, California September 2008 © tour participant Don King The range-restricted California Towhee © tour participant Don King Snowy Egret looks a lot like Europe's Little Egret but the yellow lores are a give away - honest! © tour participant Don King It beats three ducks on a wall! Brown Pelicans 'California cruising' © tour participant Don King Sitting on the dock of the bay, adult Brown Pelican, California © tour participant Don King
Western Scrub Jay, one of two species of scrub jay we see on our California tour © tour participant Don King Are you sure they're Surfbirds, Chris? They don't look at all like the picture in my field guide... © tour participant Don King Burrowing Owl doing its thing © tour participant Don King Western forms of Hairy Woodpecker show much less white above than Easterns © tour participant Don King Anna's Hummingbirds stop for a snack © tour participant Don King
Cactus Wren - it's not fair, everything seems bigger and better in California! © tour participant Don King Joshua Tree National Park is an unique national monument © tour participant Don King Joshua Tree hides its light behind a bush-el © tour participant Don King Mojave Desert oasis lures migrants from far and wide © tour participant Don King Great Blue Heron is a surprise visitor to this oasis in the middle of California's baking hot Mojave Desert © tour participant Don King
White-breasted Nuthatch © tour participant Don King California's beautiful San Jacinto Mountains are a favourite place to go birding © tour participant Don King A tad out of focus but still readily identified, Clark's Nutcracker © tour participant Don King San Jacinto Mountains © tour participant Don King Tour leader Chris Charlesworth in California mode © tour participant Don King
Easy rider! © tour participant Don King Brandt's Cormorants and Heerman's Gulls loaf on the rocks just offshore © tour participant Don King Oh buoy! Come in number 12, your time is up. Double-crested Cormorants © tour participant Don King Juvenile Brown Pelican is something of an 'ugly duckling' © tour participant Don King Our whale-watching pelagic boat trip produces the goods - Blue Whale off California! © tour participant Don King
Masses of dolphins, too! © tour participant Don King There's no mistaking the distinctive Heermann's Gull along California's Pacific coast © tour participant Don King With its tell-tale broad white tertial band, the bulky Western Gull is a frequent sight, too © tour participant Don King