I was hoping that birding in Northern California would be better than it was here at home. It wasn’t. I think we saw fewer birds at the Sacramento NWR than we ever have, even though there were large numbers of birds in the distance. The main problem was that they hadn’t flooded the fields closest to the auto tour and wouldn’t be doing that for a few more weeks.
That said, we still enjoyed seeing birds we haven’t seen for a while and got a few shots that we liked, like this one of a flock of Whimbrels.
On this visit, the Greater White-fronted Geese were definitely the dominant species,
though we could see smaller flocks of Snow Geese just beyond the White-Fronted Geese.
Somehow, it seemed strangely appropriate that the best shot of the morning was this shot of a Vulture.
We were a little disappointed on this visit, but only because we’ve been so amazed on previous visits.