{"id":5409,"date":"2015-12-19T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T06:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:11:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:11:45","slug":"yet-another-wetland-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2015\/12\/yet-another-wetland-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet another wetland photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love wetlands. Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, 25 square miles of wetlands, is particularly beautiful at this time of year: water everywhere; sun low in the sky; subtle play of light on clouds and water.<\/p>\n

\"Yolo<\/p>\n

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For the record, the birds we saw on this trip:
\nCanada Goose
\nGadwall
\nAmerican Wigeon
\nMallard
\nCinnamon Teal
\nNorthern Shoveler
\nNorthern Pintail
\nGreen-winged Teal
\nBufflehead
\nCommon Goldeneye
\nAmerican White Pelican
\nAmerican Bittern
\nGreat Blue Heron
\nGreat Egret
\nBlack-crowned Night Heron
\nWhite-tailed Kite
\nNorthern Harrier
\nRed-shouldered Hawk
\nRed-tailed Hawk
\nPacific Golden-Plover*
\nKilldeer
\nBlack-necked Stilt
\nLong-billed Curlew
\nLeast Sandpiper
\nWilson’s Snipe
\nRing-billed Gull
\nMourning Dove
\nWhite-throated Swift
\nDowny Woodpecker
\nBlack Phoebe
\nAmerican Crow
\nCommon Raven
\nMarsh Wren
\nAmerican Pipit
\nRuby-crowned Kinglet
\nYellow-rumped Warbler
\nCommon Yellowthroat
\nSong Sparrow
\nWhite-crowned Sparrow
\nRed-winged Blackbird
\nWestern Meadowlark
\nBrewer’s Blackbird
\nCommon Grackle
\n——
\n43 species<\/p>\n

* My field notes remark on the very distinct buffy supercilium, primaries extending about the same distance as the tail feathers, and the golden or buffy wash on the feathers (definitely a warmer color than a Bleck-bellied Plover). I did not get a good look at the bill, because I was looking at the bird against a background of mud that was similar in color to the bill. A reliable report had two Pacific Golden-Plovers at Yolo Bypass on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

One bird we did not put on the list, but may have seen, was Eurasian Wigeon. They have been reported by reliable observers at about the same place we thought we might have seen them, but we did not get a positive identification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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