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
Juvenile Brown Pelican? Elkhorn Slough
Rather prehistoric looking...Juvenile Brown Pelican
This might be a willet shorebird, at the Elkhorn Slough
Willet with a crab
 | Willet flying over the water |
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew preening
Greater Yellowlegs? Elkhorn Slough
Willet with some kind of fishy something
Elegant Tern in a nose dive The Elegant Terns were very active, diving head first, catching fish
Elegant Tern with a small fish
Elegant Tern, Elkhorn Slough
Elegant Tern
Non-breeding adult Brown Pelican passing overhead
Great egret flying overhead, Elkhorn Slough
 Acorn Woodpecker, Elkhorn Slough | Small group of Acorn woodpeckers in the woods surrounding the slough, here is one at a possible nest opening. |
Western Bluebird on information box, perched at the beginning of the trail, Elkhorn Slough
Returning to the house in the woods.....
Chestnut-backed chickadee on top of feeder pole
Anna's hummer near porch feeder
Acorn woodpecker on utility pole near house
Acorn woodpecker in a dive
Juvenile barn swallows on a utility wire, on a walk in the area
Red-shafted Northern Flicker in the sycamore tree
Red-shafted Northern Flicker
| And lots and lots of beautiful goldfinches! |  Andrea's goldfinch shot! |