I am ahead of schedule and tired so I took the day off and just went birding at the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge near Alturas, California. It was a festival of waterfowl but many other western species were there also. I have several videos of some of these birds below. All of these birds frequent wetlands and marshes during one or more times of the year. Preserving wildlife refuges is critical to their survival. There was also a female Mule Deer with 2 fawns in the marsh.
Black-necked Stilt
Lesser Scaup
Marsh Wren
Tree Swallow near nest box
Sooty Grouse
Mule Deer female with fawns
Day-list: California: Modoc Co., Modoc NWR, Alturas
Black-crowned Night Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Wilson’s Phalarope
Franklin’s Gull
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Western Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
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