Time to wave goodbye to Crescent City and get moving south again. I expanded my awareness of the surrounding coastline yesterday, but still the harbor drew me back. It was a beautiful day, and though I didn’t meet as many new birds I might have hoped for, I enjoyed those I encountered, and all the places where I spent time.
Peeps again were tempting my lens. Least and Western Sandpipers scurried hither and yon on the sandy beach near the lighthouse. Later, back over to the Citizen’s Dock side of the harbor, I ran into a Common Murre, a Common Loon, and a shy Tringa-type bird I believe was a plain colored Wandering Tattler without the patterned breast I’m used to seeing. I finally decided there was no other ID that made sense.
Having spent the morning hours exploring the coast, and as much as I enjoy the birds of the harbor, inevitably, I must head south. I’m not sure how far down the coast I’ll get today. There are several possibilities I’m considering. Included are Klamath River area, the Eureka area, the Matinole Road, and who knows?
Black-Capped Chickadee(Poecile atricapillus) |
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Description: I met these birds in Crescent City California near the lighthouse for the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 9:57 |
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Location:
Battery Point |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: BlackCappedChickadee_D5X1783-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Capped Chickadee(Poecile atricapillus) |
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Description: I met these birds in Crescent City California near the lighthouse for the harbor, where they were feasting on aphids. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:11 |
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Location:
Battery Point |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: BlackCappedChickadee_D5X1804-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
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Description: I met this loud and unruly crew in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 14:39 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CaliforniaSeaLion_D5X2590-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
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Description: I met this loud and unruly crew in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 14:42 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CaliforniaSeaLion_D5X2641-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
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Description: I met this loud and unruly crew in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 14:45 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CaliforniaSeaLion_D5X2700-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
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Description: I met this loud and unruly crew in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 14:46 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CaliforniaSeaLion_D5X2718-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
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Description: Harbor shop quartet. I met this loud and unruly crew in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 14:47 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CaliforniaSeaLion_D5X2738-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
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Description: I met this loud and unruly crew in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 14:48 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CaliforniaSeaLion_D5X2763-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Common Murre(Uria aalge) |
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Description: Some birds take flight *down* below the water's surface. Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 12:50 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CommonMurre_D5X2226-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Common Murre(Uria aalge) |
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Description: The last time I met this bird in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor, it was wearing its winter garb. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 12:51 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CommonMurre_D5X2233-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Common Murre(Uria aalge) |
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Description: The last time I met this bird in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor, it was wearing its winter garb. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 12:51 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CommonMurre_D5X2246-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Common Murre(Uria aalge) |
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Description: The last time I met this bird in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor, it was wearing its winter garb. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 13:06 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: CommonMurre_D5X2406-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Sandpiper(Calidris minutilla) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:27 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: LeastSandpiper_D5X1885-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Sandpiper(Calidris minutilla) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:29 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: LeastSandpiper_D5X1976-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Orange-Crowned Warbler(Leiothlypis celata) |
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Description: I met these birds feasting on aphids in Crescent City California near the lighthouse for the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 9:41 |
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Location:
Battery Point |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: OrangeCrownedWarbler_D5X1768-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Wandering Tattler(Tringa incana) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 12:54 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WanderingTattler_D5X2314-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Wandering Tattler(Tringa incana) |
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Description: This bird is demonstrating an awareness that some of the threats it faces come from above. Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 12:55 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WanderingTattler_D5X2333-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Wandering Tattler(Tringa incana) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 12:55 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WanderingTattler_D5X2346-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Western Grebe(Aechmophorus occidentalis) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 13:09 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternGrebe_D5X2458-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Grebe(Aechmophorus occidentalis) |
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Description: Rising from the surface. Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 13:10 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternGrebe_D5X2492-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Grebe(Aechmophorus occidentalis) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 13:10 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternGrebe_D5X2496-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Western Grebe(Aechmophorus occidentalis) |
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Description: Preparing to dive. Birds I met in Crescent City California near the boat basin of the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 13:10 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/18.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternGrebe_D5X2511-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Sandpiper(Calidris mauri) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California on sandy beaches near the lighthouse for the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:25 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternSandpiper_D5X1838-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Sandpiper(Calidris mauri) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California on sandy beaches near the lighthouse for the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:25 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternSandpiper_D5X1844-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Western Sandpiper(Calidris mauri) |
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Description: The bird on the left appears to be a Least Sandpiper. Crescent City California on sandy beaches near the lighthouse for the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:28 |
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Location:
Crescent City Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternSandpiper_D5X1932-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |
Western Sandpiper(Calidris mauri) |
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Description: Birds I met in Crescent City California on sandy beaches near the lighthouse for the harbor. |
Date Taken: 2019:08:11 10:47 |
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Location:
Crescent Harbor |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800 |
File Name: WesternSandpiper_D5X2010-CrescentCity |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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