Okay. Maybe I didn't pick up that many year birds today, but I got a few, and was able to get some good photographs on the way. First spot I went was Las Gallinas, and finally saw the long-staying Laughing Gull. Nothing much else of note here. Some Cackling Geese were present, which are always nice, including both Aleutian and Minima subspecies. Next spot I hit was Sonoma to look for the Ruff, which I'd already struck out on once. I walked the whole pond and was disappointed to hear that it had flown off with a yellowlegs about ten minutes before I arrived. Ugh. Pretty standard. Finally I stopped in Petaluma and walked around the cemetery where there's been a Palm Warbler. Spent a lot of time looking around for it seeing Nuttall's Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Townsend's Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and a single Chipping Sparrow was a nice surprise. Linda Hunn showed up and we sat for a while at the "lollipop tree" waiting for the Palm Warbler. Luckily, our patience paid off. The Palm Warbler showed up.
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| This Purple Finch was right outside our house at Palomarin the other day. |
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| Savannah Sparrow, Las Gallinas Valley WTA |
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| Laughing Gull, Las Gallinas Valley WTA |
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| California Gull, Las Gallinas Valley WTA |
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| Horrible photo of the Petaluma Chipping Sparrow |
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| Palm Warbler, Petaluma, CA |
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| Male Eurasian Wigeon with the American Wigeon, Bolinas, CA |
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| Got a little too close to these American Wigeon, I guess. |
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| Female Eurasian Wigeon with the Americans |
By Luke Musher
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