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Elkhorn Slough, Watonsville

9/1/2014

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A holiday weekend visit south of Santa Cruz, to Andrea and Joe's beautifully wooded and private house, and a day trip to the Elkhorn Slough
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Juvenile Brown Pelican? Elkhorn Slough
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Rather prehistoric looking...Juvenile Brown Pelican
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This might be a willet shorebird, at the Elkhorn Slough
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Willet with a crab
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Willet flying over the water
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Marbled Godwit
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Long-billed Curlew preening
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Greater Yellowlegs? Elkhorn Slough
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Willet with some kind of fishy something
PictureElegant Tern in a nose dive











The Elegant Terns were very active, diving head first, catching fish


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Elegant Tern with a small fish
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Elegant Tern, Elkhorn Slough
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Elegant Tern
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Non-breeding adult Brown Pelican passing overhead
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Great egret flying overhead, Elkhorn Slough
PictureAcorn Woodpecker, Elkhorn Slough



Small group of Acorn woodpeckers in the woods surrounding the slough, here is one at a possible nest opening.
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Western Bluebird on information box, perched at the beginning of the trail, Elkhorn Slough

Returning to the house in the woods.....
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Chestnut-backed chickadee on top of feeder pole
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Anna's hummer near porch feeder
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Acorn woodpecker on utility pole near house
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Acorn woodpecker in a dive
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Juvenile barn swallows on a utility wire, on a walk in the area
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Red-shafted Northern Flicker in the sycamore tree
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Red-shafted Northern Flicker



And lots and lots of beautiful goldfinches!
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Andrea's goldfinch shot!

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andrea
9/2/2014 06:04:00 am

Great tern pictures and you got the flicker!! Joe will be happy, one of his favorite bird. Today of course there was a bird convention on the front lawn, 15 quail with doves and assorted others...
Great weekend!

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