Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Birds of California and Colorado

The smallest raptor: the American Kestrel(Crécerelle)...
and a Peregrine Falcon
close by, a Golden Eagle watches...
a red tail hawk(Buse à queue rousse) landing on a rock.
a Humming bird( oiseau mouche) in our garden
a grey Pelican at Lake Merrit in Oakland
Snowy Egret(Aigrette neigeuse)at the Marina of Berkeley
and her reflexion
Shot from my window, this Cedar Waxing (Jaseur des cèdres) 
I spent hours to shoot this White tail Hawk(Buse à queue blanche...
doing stationary flight to hunt a mouse to  eat
A great Egret lands at the Marina of Berkeley
to catch a small fish
a female Western grebe
suddenly displays...
to attract a male
they dive and come back with the mating weed presentation
At Oakland a Cormorant takes off the lake with a branch 
brings it to the nest...
where mother and baby seat
a beautiful eared Grebe (Grèbe à cou noir)
followed by a Merganser(Bec à Scie)
and a Canvasback(Morillon à dos blanc)
Dowitchers(Bécassins) look for food
watched by a finch (Bruant)
while the oystercatcher searches for food (huitrier)