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Ground squirrel at the Torrey Pines Glider Port. Someone left peanuts for him. |
With people away, the animals play. It's spring and the birds seem extra exuberant. I'm continuing on my quest to photograph birds in the area. So difficult with just a phone. I saw a hooded oriole get into a battle with a yellow warbler over choice nesting material. It appeared the warbler won and the oriole fled in shame.
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Song sparrow |
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Yellow warbler |
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Shrike |
I've gotten so frustrated trying to photograph birds that I'm trying slower animals. There are many snails species in SoCal. (Who knew!) Here are a few:
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These a some type of desert snail. They look like they belong on the beach. |
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These are two different species - milk snail and garden snail
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Lizards, lots of lizards:
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Fence lizard |
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Alligator lizard |
The lizard is the pink colander is post-capture. He got into MY ROOM! I trapped him and put him back outside. He was a big fellow.
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Bobcat at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge |
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Burrowing Owl |
I believe this bird is a phainopepla, the silky flycatcher. It was very shiny.
This white-crowned sparrow was so busy singing in a meadow, it didn't notice me.
This pigeon guillemot had bright red legs:
House finches are common, but they are entertaining birds. The males have bright red throats during the spring.
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