Birds are very difficult to get good pictures of.  They move quickly, and they refuse to allow you to

get very close.  Here are some of our better shots.

 

Dickcissel                                        Spur-winged plover

 

Horned lark                                                                         Kea

     

Hooded crow                                 White-throated sparrow

 

California quail                                                       Silver-eye

 

Cactus wren                                   Oystercatchers

 

Junco                                                          Another junco, this one of the "Oregon race"

 

Western meadowlark                                             Barn swallow

 

Tufted titmouse                                               Eastern phoebe

 

White-crowned sparrow                         Eurasian tree sparrow

 

Tree swallow                                        White pelican