Tdgraves less big year 2018

[Tdgraves]

In April we went to a conference in LA and then spent a week driving up to San Francisco, so we took the cameras and stopped in areas where there should have been birds en route. This was my biggest USA birding trip so far. Pretty much everything we saw was new, with the exception of American robin, house finch, goldfinch, turkey vulture and American kestrel (which I failed to get a shot of anyway). apologies in advance for any incorrect IDs. Relied on a book and the excellent Merlin app. Researching areas to visit on the internet is a bit strange, but on the whole was very sucessful, not least of which, our chosen spot in LA. A lovely hilly park right in the centre of LA, where we not only saw a lot of birds (despite arriving "late" according to staff) we also saw a bobcat!

 

Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/400, EV +1

 

 

235) Olive-sided flycatcher

Edited June 5, 2018 by Tdgraves
typo

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/500, EV +1

 

 

236) Bewick's wren

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/1250

 

 

237) Northern mockingbird

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/800

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 160, f 7.1,  1/800, EV +1/3

 

 

238) Mourning dove

Edited June 5, 2018 by Tdgraves
extra photo

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/640

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/640, EV +1/3

 

 

239) Western scrub-jay

Edited June 5, 2018 by Tdgraves
extra photo

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/800

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f 7.1, 1/500

 

 

240) House finch

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/640, EV +1

 

 

241) Allen's hummingbird

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1,  1/250, EV +1/3

 

 

242) California towhee

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 160, f 7.1,  1/1000, EV +1/3

 

 

243) Lesser goldfinch

Edited June 5, 2018 by Tdgraves
found a better shot

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 160, f 7.1,  1/250

 

 

244) Great crested flycatcher

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 160, f 7.1,  1/400

 

 

 

245) Hooded oriole

[TonyQ]

A productive trip - I especially like the Scrub Jay.

[Dave Williams]

250 soon!

[Tdgraves]

31 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

A productive trip - I especially like the Scrub Jay.

 

More to come - had to stop to go to work!

[Tdgraves]

Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/800, EV +1

 

 

 

246) California gnatcatcher

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/1600

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/800

 

 

247) Common raven

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f 7.1,  1/2500

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/2500

 

 

 

248) Red-tailed hawk

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1,  1/800

 

male

 

 

249) Townsend's warbler

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1, 1/640

 

 

250) Lazuli bunting

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Two EBC entries here - one hiding its' head, the other taking off out of the depth of field...

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1, 1/500, EV +1/3

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 200, f 7.1, 1/500, EV +2/3

 

 

251) Bushtit

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f 7.1, 1/200

 

 

252) Orange-crowned warbler

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Now we get into the EBCs

 

Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 250, f 7.1, 1/400

 

 

253) Hermit warbler

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Ernest E. Debs Regional park, LA, 25/4/18

 

Canon 7D mark ii, 100-400 mark ii, ISO 400, f 7.1, 1/800

 

 

254) Ash-throated flycatcher

[Tdgraves]

So, 21 birds on our first USA jaunt, in about a 3 hour walk, so not too bad!

 

Just found a better lesser goldfinch shot

 

 

Next up, we move north (and nearer to the ocean)...

[Peter Connan]

Well done on the 250!