Over to California for the Genome 10K conference in Santa Cruz. I didn't have too much time for birding, other than a few walks around the conference centre (Chaminade Resort), but I did manage a dawn raid for the wintering Rustic Bunting at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The bunting showed almost immediately after first light, feeding with Sooty Fox Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows and Oregon Juncos and spent quite a bit of time feeding in the open allowing me to take some nice digi-photos and video.
Cliff House look out, at the mouth of the Golden Gates had a few nice birds from it, including Black Oystercatcher, Surfbirds, Black Turnstone, Surf Scoter, Brandt's Cormorant and Common Murre.
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| Rustic Bunting, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
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| Rustic Bunting, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
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| Rustic Bunting, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
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| Rustic Bunting, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco |
The area around the conference centre was really good for photographing Varied Thrushes. Although not tame, they were much more approachable than I'd witnessed elsewhere and with a bit of patients I managed to get some really nice photos.
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Varied Thrush, Santa Cruz |
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| Golden-crowned Sparrow, Santa Cruz |
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| Spotted Towhee, Santa Cruz |
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| Californian Towhee, Santa Cruz |
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| Acorn Woodpecker, Santa Cruz |
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