2022-03-24 Crescent City Again

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Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani — **Black Oystercatcher**
*(Haematopus bachmani)*

**Description:**
I don’t recall seeing oystercatchers on sandy beaches before. This pair was foraging on the beach exposed by a low tide in the Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 12:00

**Location:**

Crescent City Harbor
Crescent City, California
United States
7.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800

**File Name:** BlackOystercatcher_8506510-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Black Oystercatcher**
*(Haematopus bachmani)*

**Description:**
I don’t recall seeing oystercatchers on sandy beaches before. This pair was foraging on the beach exposed by a low tide in the Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 12:00

**Location:**

Crescent City Harbor
Crescent City, California
United States
7.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800

**File Name:** BlackOystercatcher_8506510-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus — **Brewer's Blackbird**
*(Euphagus cyanocephalus)*

**Description:**
While I was surveying the beach near Battery Point, I met a large group of these blackbirds in the company of starlings. Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 12:43

**Location:**

Crescent City Harbor
Crescent City, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800

**File Name:** BrewersBlackbird_8506569-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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California Ground Squirrel - Otospermophilus beecheyi — **California Ground Squirrel**
*(Otospermophilus beecheyi)*

**Description:**
While I was surveying the beach near Battery Point, I met a large group of these blackbirds in the company of starlings and a few squirrels. Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 12:47

**Location:**

Crescent City Harbor
Crescent City, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800

**File Name:** CaliforniaGroundSquirrel_8506612-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Common Loon - Gavia immer — **Common Loon**
*(Gavia immer)*

**Description:**
Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This young loon was one of my treats on this visit.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 11:28

**Location:**

Citizen's Dock
Crescent City, California
United States
0.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000

**File Name:** CommonLoon_8506301-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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**CommonLoon_8506727-CrescentCityHarbor.jpgCommonLoon_8506727-CrescentCityHarbor.jpg**

**Date Taken:** 2022:03:24 9:31

**Location:**

Crescent City Harbor
Crescent City, California
United States
6.70 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800

**File Name:** CommonLoon_8506727-CrescentCityHarbor

(C)Jack Daynes

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Double-Crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus — **Double-Crested Cormorant**
*(Phalacrocorax auritus)*

**Description:**
Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. I expect these cormorants are a common presence in the coastal zone of the Pacific Northwest.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 11:29

**Location:**

Citizen's Dock
Crescent City, California
United States
0.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000

**File Name:** DoubleCrestedCormorant_8506314a-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus — **Horned Grebe**
*(Podiceps auritus)*

**Description:**
Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. I expect these Horned Grebes spent the winter in this region, but warmer spring weather will soon call them to fly north and carry them to some inland marsh.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:03:23 11:27

**Location:**

Citizen's Dock
Crescent City, California
United States
6.56 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/800

**File Name:** HornedGrebe_8506290-CrescentCity

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black Oystercatcher

Haematopus bachmani

I don’t recall seeing oystercatchers on sandy beaches before. This pair was foraging on the beach exposed by a low tide in the Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.

Black Oystercatcher

Haematopus bachmani

I don’t recall seeing oystercatchers on sandy beaches before. This pair was foraging on the beach exposed by a low tide in the Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

While I was surveying the beach near Battery Point, I met a large group of these blackbirds in the company of starlings. Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

While I was surveying the beach near Battery Point, I met a large group of these blackbirds in the company of starlings. Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.

California Ground Squirrel

Otospermophilus beecheyi

While I was surveying the beach near Battery Point, I met a large group of these blackbirds in the company of starlings and a few squirrels. Crescent City Harbor in the far northern California coast.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This young loon was one of my treats on this visit.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This mature loon was one of my treats on this visit.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This mature loon was one of my treats on this visit.

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This mature loon posing with a younger version of itself was one of my treats on this visit.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This mature loon was one of my treats on this visit.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This young loon was one of my treats on this visit.

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. This mature loon was one of my treats on this visit.

Double-Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. I expect these cormorants are a common presence in the coastal zone of the Pacific Northwest.

Double-Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Past visits to the Crescent City Harbor have shown me it is a worthwhile place to meet seabirds and waterfowl. I expect these Horned Grebes spent the winter in this region, but warmer spring weather will soon call them to fly north and carry them to some inland marsh.