Southern
California
September
2003
- narrated
by Henry Detwiler
The last two weeks have seen a lot of rare birds show up in Southern
California--here are pictures of some of them! 
Click on
thumbnail pictures for full-sized shots.
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Bob Miller and Le Anne were participating in a
clean-up at Salton City on Saturday the 20th. After it was
over, they decided to do some birding. They found this
beautiful adult Long-tailed Jaeger, a bird recorded less than 20
times at the Sea. And then they went and found a Sabine's Gull
about 5 miles south of Salton City! |
Adult Long-tailed Jaeger
Salton City on the Salton Sea
27 Sep 2003
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Juvenile Parasitic Jaeger
27 Sep 2003
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The next day Guy McCaskie found this juvenile
Parasitic Jaeger at Salton City--but the Long-tailed Jaeger was
missing. On Saturday the 27th Suzanne and I drove from Yuma to
Salton City. We hunted around for a while
unsuccessfully, when suddenly two birds shot out in front of us.
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The parasitic Jaeger was chasing and dive bombing
a Forster's Tern, and didn't stop even after the tern had dropped
its fish. I ran back to the car for my camera, but didn't
get the big lens attached until the birds had flown quite a ways
off.
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Juvenile Parasitic Jaeger
27 Sep 2003
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Adult Magnificent
Frigatebird
Senator Wash, California
28 Sep 2003
Jeff Coker found this adult frigatebird at Senator Wash on
Saturday the 27th.
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Suzanne and I missed it on Sunday morning, but then saw it well
on Sunday afternoon.
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Adult Yellow-footed Gulls
Salton City, 27 Sep 03
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This is a good time to see Yellow-footed Gulls at the Salton
Sea--they are common in many places, including Obsidian Butte and
Salton City, where we caught up with this trio.
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