Cackling Geese and Sandhill Cranes in Staten Island Preserve, California

Here are seven images that I took last Sunday of cackling geese in flight and sandhill cranes feeding in flooded corn fields. It was a beautiful cool fall day.

Geese Egrets Sandhill Cranes in The Delta, California

Here are nine photos that I took of wild birds in Staten Island Preserve and Woodbridge Ecological Reserve in California. Geese and sandhill cranes have recently arrived in the Delta here. These wildlife refuges are part of the Pacific Flyway.

Swans, White Geese, and Egret in the Pacific Flyway

 

I took these photos of white swans, white geese, and a white egret in Staten Island Preserve, California. For me, it’s fun to see so many white migratory birds in one of the Pacific Flyway stops in North California.

Staten Island Preserve: The Champs-Elysées for Migratory Wild birds

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As I was taking photos of the migratory birds along Staten Island Road, California, I kept thinking that it’s like a Champs-Elysées for them. It’s a place to see fellow birds and to be seen by fellow birds. There are a lot of cackling geese, tundra swans, and sandhill cranes. The preserve is part of the Nature Conservancy. Happy New Year 2019!

Dancing Cranes

I don’t know why these sandhill cranes are dancing but they were fun to watch and to capture them in pictures.

Staten Island Preserve Take 3

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I visited Staten Island Preserve for the third time this fall season. It’s located in the California’s Central Valley and is one of the Pacific Flyways. You learn from the Kiosk at the entrance that it’s wildlife friendly farming.  So it’s mostly conservation farms and ranches there. Here are some pictures I took there.

Oldsmar to Tarpon Springs, Florida, Trip

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I took these pictures during a trip to visit my sister and her husband who live in Oldsmar, Florida. The first few, I took while on a deep sea fishing trip out of Tarpon Springs, Florida. The next group, I took of Tampa Bay Water Ski Show Team which gives free water ski shows at Tower Lake, Oldsmar, Florida. The next group was at a neighbor park. The last group of pictures I took at Sunset Beach, Tarpon Springs, Florida. I especially was delighted to see a small seaplane landing on the beach as the sun went down. For me, it was an awesome visit.

Edge of Night on The Delta

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I like to capture light as day becomes night. I took these images from Bacon Island Road. It’s a levee road on the Middle River in The Delta. I was near Bullfrog Marina and near Amtrak Railroad Track that parallels California Highway 4 through The Delta. The train crosses the Middle River over a drawbridge. There’s an old dead tree in the river where herons love to perch. I guess to watch the sun go down.

 

Skimming on San Joaquin River

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Here are four pictures of small gulls skimming on the San Joaquin river. It fascinates me to watch them skim just above the water in the river. They are a challenge to try to capture simply because they fly so fast. I used a Nikon D600 FX with a Nikkor 70-300 mm VR Zoom. A beautiful winter day in The Delta.