November 28  Adventure

The daily tour began at my home in Mtn Mesa, down to the City of Bakersfield Sewer Ponds on Mt. Vernon Rd., and ended at the Facility for Animal Care and Treatment at California State University Bakersfield.

Mallard - hen

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Northern Shoveler

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Ruddy Duck - male basic plumage

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Eared Grebe

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Eared Grebe

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

 

White-faced Ibis

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Cattle Egret

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Black-necked Stilt

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Golden Eagle

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Red-tailed Hawk - dark morph

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Red-tailed Hawk - dark morph

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Swainson's Hawk

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Peregrine Falcon (female)

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

American Kestrel (male)

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

American Kestrel (male)

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Prairie Falcon (male)

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Prairie Falcon (male)

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

juvenile Long-billed Curlew

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Killdeer

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Long-billed Curlew

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

1st year Glaucous-winged Gull

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Beale Park, Bakersfield

26 November 2003

 

Great-horned Owl

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Barn Owl

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Barn Owl

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Western Scrub Jay

California State University Bakersfield

28 November 2003

Oak Titmouse

Mtn. Mesa

26 November 2003

Savannah Sparrow

Mt. Vernon Sewer Pond, Bakersfield

28 November 2003

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Frontispiece:

California Ground Squirrel at Lake Ming - November 2003.

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