Salton
Sea & Imperial Valley with Pat & Robert
Mar 24, 2003
Guide: Bob Miller
A morning of birding
and exploration.
72
species (list follows at end
of page)
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thumbnail pictures for full-sized shots.
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Burrowing Owl
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Meeting in Westmoreland we headed north picking up
all three expected owls in the first 20 minutes!
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We were able to see that there were at least two young in the Great
Horned Owl's nest.
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Great Horned Owl
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The other Great
Horned Owl
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We also saw, very well hidden in the only green
vegetation in the whole tree, the second adult. A flight of
white geese in the distance with a few Canada Geese in the mix was
a late surprise.
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Peregrine Falcon
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We had this
Peregrine along Garst Road and at the Alamo River we had the first
Gull-billed Terns of the year. All of the Flamingos were seen
along the delta also. We found a first year Yellow-footed Gull at
Red Hill.
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A short hike
in the Bermuda grass gave us two Sprague's Pipits, one of which
pulled the perfect disappearing act!!
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Pat & Robert in the
pipit field
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Mount Signal in background |
Huge fields
of flowers called Stock are being harvested right now. Mount
Signal, 3/4 of which is in Mexico, can be seen about 40 miles away
in the background.
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We finished
up with lunch at the other Johnny's. This one in Westmoreland, no
relation, which makes one of the best Carne Asada burritos in the
valley.
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Stock
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