Border Field State Park occupies the extreme southwestern corner of the USA. What is not part of the floodplain of the Tijuana River is sandy beaches and dunes. The low dunes above the high tide line are critical habitat for nesting of endangered or threatened species like the Western Snowy Plover and the California Least Tern. The beach extends from the fence at the Mexican border north to Imperial Beach. The mouth of the Tijuana River divides the beach to its northern and southern sections. The marshes along the Tijuana River Channel host the threatened Light-Footed Ridgway’s Rail (Clapper Rail). I prefer to spend time south of the river mouth, where it is more difficult to get to, and therefore more secluded.
As with most locations, the encounters one might expect depend on the season. Migration time can provide a wealth of shorebirds. Post nesting dispersal can provide encounters with many of the terns found nesting at the Saltworks. The Snowy Plovers and Least Terns that nest on the nearby dunes bring their fledgling and juvenile young to the beach to learn to fly and to watch and wait while their parents gather food to bring back and feed them. Belding’s Savannah Sparrows sometimes forage on kelp flies and other insects along the sandy shore.
Surveying protected nesting sites on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County.
Snowy Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus) |
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Description: The beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:13 8:48 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X0029-SnowyPlover |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Forster's Tern(Sterna forsteri) |
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Description: The beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:13 9:09 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X0048-ForstersTern |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Royal Tern(Thalasseus maximus) |
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Description: The beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2014:09:13 9:46 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X0082-RoyalTern |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
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Description: Juvenile at the beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:02 10:08 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 |
File Name: D3X1022-LeastTern-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Whimbrel(Numenius phaeopus) |
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Description: The beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:02 10:31 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X1095-Whimbrel |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Reddish Egret(Egretta rufescens) |
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Description: The beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:02 10:48 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X1134-ReddishEgret |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Reddish Egret(Egretta rufescens) |
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Description: The beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:02 10:48 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X1136-ReddishEgret |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Elegant Tern(Thalasseus elegans) |
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Description: Juvenile at the beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:02 11:04 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: D3X1210-ElegantTern |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cooper's Hawk(Accipiter cooperii) |
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Description: Juvenile along Monument Road by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth near Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 8:04 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X1576-CoopersHawk-Juvenile |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
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Description: The flock moves down the beach at Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 9:18 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/8000 |
File Name: D3X1632-Sanderling |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown Pelican(Pelecanus occidentalis) |
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Description: Diving for food just off the beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 9:41 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X1690-BrownPelican |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Heermann's Gull(Larus heermanni) |
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Description: The beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 9:52 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X1719-HeermannsGull |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Heermann's Gull(Larus heermanni) |
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Description: Juvenile at the beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 9:52 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X1721-HeermannsGull |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Bellied Plover(Pluvialis squatarola) |
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Description: A fall migrant at the beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 10:17 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X1801-BlackBelliedPlover |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: Mixed flock with Marbled Godwits at the beach by Border Field and the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:23 10:25 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X1825-Willet-MixedFlock |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Long-Billed Curlew(Numenius americanus) |
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Description: Foraging at the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:02 10:16 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X1932-LongBilledCurlew |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black Skimmer(Rynchops niger) |
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Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:02 10:36 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X1946-BlackSkimmer |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Gull-Billed Tern(Gelochelidon nilotica) |
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Description: This bird is on the hunt for the endangered Snowy Plover and Least Tern chicks nesting on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:02 11:17 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X1994-GullBilledTern |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Snowy Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus) |
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Description: Male at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 9:37 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X3426-SnowyPlover |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Whimbrel(Numenius phaeopus) |
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Description: Fly-over at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 9:44 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X3446-Whimbrel |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres) |
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Description: Spring migration at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:07 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X3548-RuddyTurnStone |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruddy Turnstone(Arenaria interpres) |
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Description: Spring migration at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:09 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X3561-RuddyTurnStone |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Bellied Plover(Pluvialis squatarola) |
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Description: Juvenile at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:41 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X3627-BlackBelliedPlover |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dunlin(Calidris alpina) |
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Description: Spring migration at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:49 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X3678-Dunlin |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dunlin(Calidris alpina) |
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Description: Spring migration at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:49 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X3679-Dunlin |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Bellied Plover(Pluvialis squatarola) |
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Description: Spring migration at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:50 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X3688-BlackBelliedPlover |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Marbled Godwit(Limosa fedoa) |
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Description: Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:04 10:52 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X3693-MarbledGodwit |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Blue Grosbeak(Passerina caerulea) |
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Description: Found in the riperian zone near the parking area at Border Field, San Ysidro, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:07:12 9:02 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X6289-BlueGrosbeak |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Snowy Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus) |
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Description: Something about this bug caused the bird to spit it out violently. Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 9:04 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X8558-SnowyPlover |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Long-Billed Curlew(Numenius americanus) |
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Description: With Mole Crab near the Tijuana River. Extreme South West San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 9:21 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X8605-LongBilledCurlew |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Peregrine Falcon(Falco peregrinus) |
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Description: Up to no good at the Tijuana River Mouth and Border Field in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 9:24 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X8628-PeregrineFalcon |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Pomarine Jaeger(Stercorarius pomarinus) |
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Description: This bird was practicing kleptoparasitism on foraging terns by the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 9:33 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8637-PomarineJaeger |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Heermann's Gull(Larus heermanni) |
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Description: Loafing at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 10:10 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X8690-HeermannsGull |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
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Description: With Mole Crab near the Tijuana River. Extreme South West San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 10:44 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 |
File Name: D3X8798-Sanderling |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Bellied Plover(Pluvialis squatarola) |
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Description: Group flight near the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 10:54 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X8853-BlackBelliedPlover |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sanderling(Calidris alba) |
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Description: Chasing waves and mole crabs at the Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 11:00 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000 |
File Name: D3X8892-Sanderling |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Horse Training(Equus ferus caballus) |
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Description: Things you see at the beach! This brave gal was working with her horse's fear of the water. Tijuana River Mouth in Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:09:08 11:19 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 |
File Name: D3X8900-Horse-Training |
| © 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: These birds appear rather plain until they raise their wings. (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) Chased by waves on the beach at Border Field. The most extreme Southwest corner of the USA. San Diego County, California USA 2008-10-05. |
Date Taken: 2008:10:05 11:09 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: jcd2069Willet |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, www.shadetree-imaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: Foraging on the beach at Border Field. The most extreme Southwest corner of the USA. San Diego County, California USA 2008-10-05. |
Date Taken: 2008:10:05 11:10 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: jcd2095Willet |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, www.shadetree-imaging.com |
Marbled Godwit(Limosa fedoa) |
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Description: Juvenile at the beach at Border Field. The most extreme Southwest corner of the USA. San Diego County, California USA 2008-10-05. |
Date Taken: 2008:10:05 11:33 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3000 |
File Name: jcd2258MarbledGodwit.Juvenile |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, www.shadetree-imaging.com |
Yellow-breasted Chat(Icteria virens) |
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Description: Found in the riperian zone near the parking area at Border Field, San Ysidro, San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2009:06:11 7:48 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD3749.YellowBreastedChat |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Killdeer(Charadrius vociferus) |
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Description: Tijuana River Estuary. Near extreme South West San Diego County, California USA 2009-06-11. |
Date Taken: 2009:06:11 10:55 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: JCD3810.KillDeer.Nest_.Egg_ |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadetree-imaging |
Black-Bellied Plover(Pluvialis squatarola) |
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Description: Juvenile birds displaying jousting behavior at the Tijuana River Estuary. Imperial Beach, San Diego County, California USA. [2010-02-18] |
Date Taken: 2010:02:18 9:50 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 |
File Name: JCD6334.BlackBelliedPlover |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
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Description: Surveying protected nesting sites on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 11:43 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BiologistsAtWork_D5X4857-LeastTern-Banding |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
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Description: Surveying protected nesting sites on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 12:16 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: BiologistsAtWork_D5X5004-LeastTern-Banding |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black Turnstone(Arenaria melanocephala) |
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Description: Preparing for takeoff. The beach at Border Field, while known for its proximity to the border with Mexico, is also a productive place to meet gulls, terns and shorebirds. Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 15:27 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: BlackTurnStone_D5X9460-BorderField |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Elegant Tern(Thalasseus elegans) |
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Description: Disturbed by the patrolling Border Agent, these loafing bird picked up from the sandy beach and flew past me. Our beach at the border with Mexico can be a productive place to meet birdlife. Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 14:58 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: ElegantTern_D5X8568-BorderField |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Elegant Tern(Thalasseus elegans) |
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Description: Disturbed by the patrolling Border Agent, these loafing bird picked up from the sandy beach and flew past me. Our beach at the border with Mexico can be a productive place to meet birdlife. Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 14:58 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: ElegantTern_D5X8578-BorderField |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Elegant Tern(Thalasseus elegans) |
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Description: Disturbed by the patrolling Border Agent, these loafing bird picked up from the sandy beach and flew past me. Our beach at the border with Mexico can be a productive place to meet birdlife. Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 14:58 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: ElegantTern_D5X8582-BorderField |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
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Description: Eggs in "nest" at a protected nesting site on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 9:16 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: LeastTern_D5X4407-Eggs-Nest |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
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Description: Only hours old at a protected nesting site on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 11:34 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: LeastTern_D5X4772-Chick-Nest |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Least Tern(Sternula antillarum) |
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Description: Parent keeping watch on protected nesting sites on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 11:38 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 400 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: LeastTern_D5X4802 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Snowy Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus) |
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Description: Eggs in "nest" at a protected nesting site on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 12:22 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SnowyPlover_D5X5044-Eggs-Nest |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Snowy Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus) |
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Description: Injury ploy by parent birds to draw intruders (us) away from their nests in a protected nesting site on the beach at Border Field, south of Imperial Beach, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2017:06:01 12:34 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000 |
File Name: SnowyPlover_D5X5100-InjuryPloy |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Gull(Larus occidentalis) |
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Description: Juvenile bird. Our beach at the border with Mexico can be a productive place to meet birdlife. Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 15:15 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: WesternGull-Juvenile_D5X9265-BorderField |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: These young Willets were chasing the waves like Sanderlings, searching for mole crabs. Our beach at the border with Mexico can be a productive place to meet birdlife. Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 15:08 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Willet_D5X9108-BorderField |
| © 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Willet(Tringa semipalmata) |
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Description: These young Willets were chasing the waves like Sanderlings, searching for mole crabs. Our beach at the border with Mexico can be a productive place to meet birdlife. Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2019:09:06 15:08 |
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Location:
Border Field |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Willet_D5X9118-BorderField |
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