I let my bike carry me and my camera gear the two miles from the Border Field parking lot to the Tijuana River Mouth early this Wednesday morning. My best bird was a Reddish Egret, but the images I collected of it were not to my liking. However, there was a large gathering of Sanderlings at the river mouth that captured my attention, and my images of them were much better.

Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 10:23 |
Location:
Tijuana River Mouth |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 |
File Name: D3X4939-Sanderling |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |


Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 10:26 |
Location:
Tijuana River Mouth |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X4944-Sanderling |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |


Reddish Egret(Egretta rufescens) |
Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 9:45 |
Location:
Tijuana River Mouth |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X4879-ReddishEgret |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |


Reddish Egret(Egretta rufescens) |
Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 9:46 |
Location:
Tijuana River Mouth |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X4891-ReddishEgret |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |


Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 10:32 |
Location:
Tijuana River Mouth |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X4970-Sanderling |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |


Common Ground-Dove(Columbina passerina) |
Description: The 'Bird & Butterfly Garden' at The Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 12:25 |
Location:
Tijuana River Regional Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5010-CommonGroundDove |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |


White-Crowned Sparrow(Zonotrichia leucophrys) |
Description: The 'Bird & Butterfly Garden' at The Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:22 12:28 |
Location:
Bird & Butterfly Garden |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X5023-WhiteCrownedSparrow |
© 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |

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