
Now that my review of 2014 is complete, I’ll be starting the process again with 2013. I’ll begin by sharing my January visit to the old “Wild Animal Park”, now called “Safari Park”. I signed up for a year’s membership earlier this morning because I wanted to photograph some of the free ranging birds that nest there. No nesting was taking place in January, but I visited this place again in April and May, when nesting season was peaking.
Creatures I chose to photograph on this visit were Red-Breasted Merganser, Nicobar Pigeon, Himalayan Monal, Green Imperial Pigeon, Lilac-Breasted Roller, Northern Pintail, Shoe-Billed Stork, Grey Crowned Crane, White Rhinoceros, Giraffe. I photographed several other subjects, but these are those I thought worth sharing.

Himalayan Monal(Lophophorus impejanus) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:45 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0006-HimalayanMonal |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Green Imperial Pigeon(Ducula aenea) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:47 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0007-GreenImperialPigeon |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Northern Pintail(Anas acuta) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:58 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0026-NorthernPinTail |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Shoe-Billed Stork(Balaeniceps rex) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 15:20 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X0048-ShoeBilledStork |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Grey Crowned Crane(Balearica regulorum) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:00 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 360 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0182-GreyCrownedCrane |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Kori Bustard(Ardeotis kori) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:11 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 220 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X0254-KoriBustard |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


White Rhinoceros(Ceratotherium simum) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:28 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X0284-WhiteRhino |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Giraffe(Giraffa camelopardalis) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:29 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X0296-Giraffe |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Red-Breasted Merganser(Mergus serrator) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:35 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X9959-RedBreastedMerganser |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Nicobar Pigeon(Caloenas nicobarica) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:42 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/10 |
File Name: D3X9996-NicobarPigeon |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Lilac-Breasted Roller(Coracias caudatus) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:50 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X0011-LilacBreastedRoller |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


White-Crowned Lapwing(Vanellus albiceps) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:51 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 240 mm, f/5.6, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X0016-WhiteHeadedLapWing |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Northern Pintail(Anas acuta) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:57 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0022-NorthernPinTail |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Black-Crowned Night-Heron(Nycticorax nycticorax) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 15:18 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X0045-BlackCrownedNightHeron |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Southern Red Bishop(Euplectes orix) |
Description: Or possibly a Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus). San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 15:25 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0050-SouthernRedBishop |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Abdim's Stork(Ciconia abdimii) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 15:57 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X0089-AbdimStork |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Grey Crowned Crane(Balearica regulorum) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:00 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 380 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0176-GreyCrownedCrane |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Hooded Vulture(Necrosyrtes monachus) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:13 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0266-HoodedVulture |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Giant Eland(Taurotragus derbianus) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:15 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 250 mm, f/5.6, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X0271-Eland |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Giraffe(Giraffa camelopardalis) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 17:30 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X0303-Giraffe |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |


Nicobar Pigeon(Caloenas nicobarica) |
Description: San Diego Wild Animal Park. Escondido, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:01:20 14:42 |
Location:
San Pasqual |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/10 |
File Name: D3X9996-NicobarPigeon |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging. |

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