Howdee all,
We are currently in Sebastopol, Ca. visiting friends and staying quite busy..not much time for blogging and internet stuff…but having a great time.
Last post we had just finished the walking tour.
This is now the Auto tour around the Sacramento Wildlife Refugee.
Recognize this bird from the previous post?

A beautiful but very chilly and breezy day.

There is a Great Horned Owl in this tree…very well hidden…

The ponds which Larry and Geno say are normally filled with birds ..have just a few…

Snow geese. Coots, Pintails and a few Ross's Geese here…


See the ponds on either side…Where are the birds?


Coots and Gadwalls

A few Northern Shovelers

But the most of the ponds had very few birds

Looking at more empty ponds

A bit further and we see a few more Ducks and Geese


Still not the numbers that are usually seen here..


We do see a few areas full of Snow Geese..


Snow Geese and Long-billed Dowitchers

in the sky not many hanging out in the water..
We did manage to tally 60 species between the auto tour, walking tour and the golf course..
I will save the golf course Burrowing Owl photos for my next post..
See ya at the golf course!