January 10, 2017
Two White-tailed Kites have been reported in the area and here they both are.
They were too far out for really good photos, but nothing I can do about that.
Sometimes the numerous Red-tailed Hawks and Northern Harriers would flush up lots of birds from the field. There must have been somewhere over 500 White-faced Ibis there. In this image, there is a Trumpeter Swan, hen Mallard, a drake Northern Pintail, and a Long-billed Curlew in with the ibis. Also an ibis that appears to be scratching its head in flight. They were all feeding in a flooded alfalfa field.
The Trumpeter Swan up close.
This Burrowing Owl was using a hole by an irrigation ditch, I think
this is my only photo of a Burrowing Owl by water.
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