California Gnatcatchers are listed as threatened due to habitat loss. It has been their bad fortune to depend on a few locations lusted after by developers eager to make a buck by scraping out a flat spot and sticking on a building to house some rich fool, or to build a shopping mall to sell goods to more rich fools. Despite these pressures, these birds still hang on to life, even if only for a while longer. Efforts to protect these small birds have frustrated land rapists since 1993 when they were listed as threatened by United States Fish and Wildlife.
I found this bird at Torrey Pines Beach.
California Gnatcatcher(Polioptila californica) |
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Description: Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:11 9:02 |
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Location:
Torrey Pines State Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X8170-CaliforniaGnatCatcher |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
California Gnatcatcher(Polioptila californica) |
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Description: Seen near the North Beach Parking Lot at Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego County, California 2012-03-11. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:11 9:15 |
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Location:
Los Peñasquitos Lagoon
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X8187-CaliforniaGnatCatcher |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Gnatcatcher(Polioptila californica) |
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Description: Seen near the North Beach Parking Lot at Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego County, California 2012-03-11. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:11 9:01 |
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Location:
Los Peñasquitos Lagoon
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X8160-CaliforniaGnatCatcher |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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