As I mentioned years ago in a blog one of the great reasons I love staying at Mission Bay RV Resort is the fact that it is a great spot for watching birds.The trail along Mission Bay provides great opportunities to see an abundance of shore and bay birds right in the middle of San Diego. The pictures below are of some of the bird species I spotted during our stay this year.
Brandt Marbled Godwit
Female Bufflehead Duck Male Bufflehead Duck
Spotted Sandpiper Willet
Male Redhead Duck Female Redhead Duck
Female Greater Scaup Male Scaup
Horned Grebe Pied Billed Grebe
Little Blue Heron Western Grebe
Says Phoebe Black Phoebe
We saw many other birds here as well and again all of these photos were taken with my 3 year old Nikon Coolpix S9700. This small compact camera packs a great optical zoom of 30X which is powerful enough to zoom in on birds far away yet small enough to tuck in my pocket. I love this camera but have my eye on the newer Nikon Coolpix 500 camera with a 40X more powerful zooms. Even better is that it is on sale at Amazon right now…. tempting me greatly!
No Surf Scoters, Whimbrel, Black Bellied Plover or Long Billed Curlew this year and only a few Ruddy Ducks, There was one oddity that came through the park one day. We heard a loud noise which I was sure had to be some sort of Parrot. Scanning the tree tops I finally spotted it and it turned out to be an African Grey Parrot. I am sure it was somebody’s pet that had escaped but it was fun seeing it none the less.
NOTE: We are currently in El Centro CA until Jan. 8th before moving over to Arizona.
SWEET! You have a good eye and a steady hand, nice pictures and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I _might_ recognize a mallard ...
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