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[Oversea] Don Edwards SF Bay Refuge, Mar 2012

Don Edwards SF Bay Refuge, Mar 2012

Spent 2.5 days on the Don Edwards SF Bay Refuge, site#1. It's very easy to go, east of 101, 403 exit. There are a lot of birds, forrest birds, sea birds, etc and most important, a beautiful blue sky. There are quite a few photo and I will update in sequence.

Canada Goose


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Golden-crowned Sparrow, non-breeding plumage



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American Wigeon, Male



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Eared Grebe, non-breeding plumage





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White-tailed Kite

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American Kestrel

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Canada Goose, probably a male and a female?



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Pied-billed Grebe

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House Fince, Male, they are extremely cautious.



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Bushtits, very jumpy

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Turkey Vulture





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Western Scrub Jay

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The crimson red of Anna's Hummingbird. I was really surprise when I saw it through the viewfinder. I thought there was something wrong in my camera. I don't know if it's kind of biological effect or optical effect. Anyway, it's just amazing.











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According to Wiki, it's a combination of optical and biologial effect.

"Many of the Hummingbird species have bright plumage with exotic colouration. In many species, the coloring does not come from pigmentation in the feather structure, but instead from prism-like cells within the top layers of the feathers. When light hits these cells, it is split into wavelengths that reflect to the observer in varying degrees of intensity. The Hummingbird wing structure acts as a diffraction grating. The result is that, merely by shifting position, a muted-looking bird will suddenly become fiery red or vivid green. However, not all hummingbird colors are due to the prism feather structure. The rusty browns of Allen's and Rufous Hummingbirds come from pigmentation. Iridescent hummingbird colors actually result from a combination of refraction and pigmentation, since the diffraction structures themselves are made of melanin, a pigment"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum ... ructure_and_colours

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Day#2

Bonaparte's Gull

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Eared Grebe, breeding plumage



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The face of eared grebe

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They love diving

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Lesser Yellowlegs

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Black-necked Stilt

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American Coot

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White-crown Sparrow

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House Finch, Male

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Mallard

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Red tailed Hawk



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Common Raven

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Sqirrel was everywhere and they were running around.



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I believe it's another Anna's Hummingbird in that area. The main difference is not color, but the size. It's really small.

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Ruddy Duck

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Day#3. My old friend in HK

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California Gull?

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American Avocet

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Song Sparrow

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Fox Sparrow

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Anna's Hummingbird, Female?

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Black Phoebe

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Thanks for the correction.

Since I could only stay until noon in the third day, these were basically all the birds I saw in this trip. For other photos of the birds appear above, please feel free to visit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jy-hk/sets/72157629182916526/

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Original posted by brendank at 22/03/2012 09:21
The California Gull is actually a Herring Gull. Note the pale irides and pink feet.

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