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This is the first time I got a shot of this beautiful Grosbeak.
This is a rare bird in San Francisco area and it's the first seen at Fremont.
Ardenwood Historic Farm, Fremont, Alameda County, CA
This is my first shot of this lovely bird from far distance at Coyote Hills Regional Park. It's for my personal record.
Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California
This small active songbird has an olive-green head, neck and back. Wings and upper tail feathers are blackish-brown outlined with green. It has a yellow throat, gray breast and flanks with a buff wash, white belly and eye ring, black bill, legs and feet. It feeds mostly on insects and nectar. Undulates, actively flits and swoops among foliage.
Japanese White-eye: Native to Japan. Found all over Japan, including Okinawa. Introduced to O'ahu in 1929 for pest control. Most abundant bird in Hawaii and is found on all islands. Habitats include trees and shrubs in towns, parks, forests, and rainforests from sea level to tree line, and even in mangroves in the south.
Ko Olina beach, O'ahu, Hawaii
Today was a haze and murky day, it's not good for taking bird shot. I was encouraged by my wife, Melissa, and decided to give it a try. Fortunately, I got my first image of this beautiful bird.
Jeffrey Fontana Park, San Jose, California
It seems too big for him. He got this big worm and flew up to the tree and dropped it when he tried to eat it. It had been repeated many time until many sparrow found it and chased him. Too bad for him!
Jeffrey Fontana Park, San Jose, California
Explored on 2015/01/03
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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California
Ridgway's rail is an endangered species of bird. It is found principally in California's San Francisco Bay to southern Baja California. This species is closely related to the clapper rail, and until recently was considered a subspecies.
Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, California
Explored #41 on 2015/02/20
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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California
Explored on 2015/02/11
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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California
Pacific golden plovers breed in Siberian tundra and in West Alaska in June-July.
The breeding adult is spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Its face and neck are black with a white border and it has a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black. In winter, the black is lost and the plover then has a yellowish face and breast, and white underparts.
Phenomenal long-distance travelers, after breeding in the Arctic, these plovers migrate to spend winter almost half way around the world (5,000-13,000km away one-way). Some winter on tiny islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, a feat requiring precise navigation. Alaskan breeders winter in Hawaii, Fiji, South Pacific Islands, all the way to New Zealand.
Ko Olina Beach, O'aHu, Hawaii
The grey francolin is normally found foraging on bare or low grass covered ground in scrub and open country, and is rarely found above an altitude of 500 m above sea level in India, and 1200 m in Pakistan.
The distribution is south of the foothills of the Himalayas westwards to the Indus valley and eastwards to Bengal.
It is also found in north-western Sri Lanka. Introduced populations are found in the Andaman and Chagos Islands. They have been introduced to Nevada in the United States of America and Hawaii, along with several other species of francolin.
Wailea Beach Walk Path, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
The California Thrasher is found only in California and Baja California. It is the only species of Toxostoma throughout most of its limited range. Like most thrashers, it rarely flies in the open, preferring to keep hidden in dense brush. Therefore, while it is common throughout much of its range, it is rarely seen.
Explored on 2015/04/14
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The saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) is a tanager from South America that is common in open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. They have a wide distribution in Colombia, northern Venezuela (where it is called "canario de tejado" or "roof canary"), western Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil (where it is called "canĂ¡rio da terra" or "native canary"), Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has also been introduced to Hawaii, Puerto Rico and elsewhere. Although commonly regarded as a canary, it is not related to the Atlantic canary. Formerly, it was placed in the Emberizidae but it is close to the seedeaters.
Ko Olina Golf Course, Kapolei, O'ahu, Hawaii
The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family of passerines. It is resident breeder across the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka extending east to Burma and parts of Tibet. It has been introduced in many other parts of the world and has established itself in the wild on several Pacific islands including Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaii.
Ko Olina Beach, Oahu, Hawaii