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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Seattle to California Road-trip - February 2022 (pt. 1)

#109 Rock Wren
Tillamook, Oregon

Earlier this month we drove ~2400 miles from Seattle to Monterey, California and back.  We saw about 140 species of birds, 67 of which were new to my list.  Mostly it was just good getting out of the house and going on an adventure.  Here are a few highlights.

Least Sandpipers
Drakes Beach, California

Sanderling
Drakes Beach, California

#140 Snowy Plover
Abbots Lagoon, California

#149 Semi-palpated Plover
Drakes Beach, California 

Dunlin
Abbotts Lagoon, California

Willets (in back) & Sanderling
Monterey, California 

#121 American Avocet
Arcata, California

#144 Snowy Egret
Arcata, California

#147 Black Oystercatcher
Monterey, California

Red-tailed Hawk
Gallinas, California

#129 Western Bluebird
Petaluma, California

Bushtit
Petaluma, California 

#115 Clay-colored Sparrow
Arcata, California

Wilson’s Snipe
Merced, California 

Red-shouldered Hawk
(fluffed up because it was in the low 30s)
Petaluma, California

This is what a average day birding looks like,
bad  lighting, birds too far away, and too many
birds to easily identify.

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