We went to Cosumnes Preserve and took a nice long walk and saw lots of birds, including sandhill cranes and even a short-eared owl! I was pretty excited about that. Of course it was too dark to get a good picture. I did, however, get a few bad pictures of the owl.
On Sunday we went to Hayward Marsh, which is such a great place to see shorebirds. At least a hundred American avocets, long billed curlews galore, assorted adorable peeps, and quite a few shovelers, an eared grebe, some scaup, and the list goes on. I'll have to back in spring and see if we can find some skimmers and some other terns. The swallows are also great there in spring, we only saw a couple last weekend.
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