[Leica] Birdbath at Putah Creek

[rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)]

Well, Doug, you've gone and done it again.  Sibley/Audubon/NatGeo on 
steroids.

Will there ever be a book on "Birds of the Sacramento Delta"?

All shots worthy of scientific text and fine art at the same time.

And yes, the DMR combo is still king.  Nothing like it out there.

Thanks, Doug.




Bob Shaw
rsphotoimages at comcast.net


On Sep 14, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> At this time of year water in California's Central Valley is a scarce 
> commodity but Putah Creek in Solano and Yolo Counties still has a small 
> flow.  The water level is near its lowest at this time of year, exposing 
> some gravel bars where the current barely trickles over the rocks.  Wood 
> warblers (family Parulidae) and other small migratory birds gravitate to 
> the riparian habit along the creek and take advantage of the gravel bars 
> to drink and bathe.
> 
> Wednesday morning I visited one of the warbler birdbath locations in a UC 
> Davis riparian preserve.  I set up a photo blind shortly after sunrise and 
> didn't have long to wait before the birds arrived at the birdbath spots in 
> the creek.  As the sun rose the sun baked the blind and its contents (me!) 
> so this morning instead of the blind I covered myself with mesh camo 
> netting. Seemed to work OK.
> 
> The scene:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710298.jpg
> 
> Western Tanager:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710292.jpg
> 
> Black-throated Gray Warbler:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710111.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710113.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710332.jpg
> 
> Wilson's Warbler:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710130.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710363.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710367.jpg
> 
> Yellow Warbler:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710087.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710088.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710166.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710349.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710350.jpg
> 
> immature Yellow Warbler:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710290.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710343.jpg
> 
> 
> Orange-crowned Warbler:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710134.jpg
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710103.jpg
> 
> 
> Warbling Vireo:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710154.jpg
> 
> 
> I'm told this is a Lincoln's Sparrow (how some people ID this at a glance 
> is beyond me):
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710315.jpg
> 
> 
> and a bird believed to be an Orchard Oriole, a first for Yolo County:
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/PutahCreek/L1710100.jpg
> 
> All photos: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO + 2x APO-Extender-R, tripod.  All 
> comments welcome.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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