{"id":1001050,"date":"2008-03-14T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T15:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/birding\/2008\/03\/14\/white-pelicans\/"},"modified":"2008-09-03T10:49:31","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T15:49:31","slug":"white-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/birding\/2008\/03\/14\/white-pelicans\/","title":{"rendered":"White Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took another spin around San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge yesterday after work. I only had an hour before dark, but I still managed to add 4 species to my BGBY list including these White Pelicans:<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/whitepelicans.jpg' alt='2 White Pelicans, cormorants at dusk' \/><\/p>\n<p>These are the first pelicans I&#8217;ve seen this year. I&#8217;ve spent a couple of weeks in Santa Clara County this year, and they&#8217;re usually pretty easy to find up there this time of year, but for some reason they just didn&#8217;t seem to be around this year. Anyway, these were closer to home.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I also added a Killdeer to the BGBY list and the biggest surprise of all, a Bonaparte&#8217;s Gull. This isn&#8217;t the best photo, but notice the black dot behind the eye, and how much smaller it is than the Ring-billed Gulls on the right:<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/bonapartesgull.jpg' alt='Small gull with Larger gulls' \/><\/p>\n<p>Total species count for the refuge was 34:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gadwall <\/li>\n<li> \tMallard<\/li>\n<li> \tCinnamon Teal<\/li>\n<li> \tNorthern Shoveler<\/li>\n<li> \tGreen-winged Teal<\/li>\n<li> \tBufflehead<\/li>\n<li> \tRuddy Duck<\/li>\n<li> \tPied-billed Grebe<\/li>\n<li> \tAmerican White Pelican<\/li>\n<li> \tDouble-crested Cormorant<\/li>\n<li> \tGreat Egret<\/li>\n<li> \tSnowy Egret<\/li>\n<li> \tBlack-crowned Night-Heron<\/li>\n<li> \tWhite-faced Ibis<\/li>\n<li> \tTurkey Vulture<\/li>\n<li> \tAmerican Coot<\/li>\n<li> \tKilldeer<\/li>\n<li> \tBlack-necked Stilt<\/li>\n<li> \tAmerican Avocet<\/li>\n<li> \tBonaparte&#8217;s Gull<\/li>\n<li> \tRing-billed Gull<\/li>\n<li> \tMourning Dove<\/li>\n<li> \tAnna&#8217;s Hummingbird<\/li>\n<li> \tNuttall&#8217;s Woodpecker<\/li>\n<li> \tBlack Phoebe<\/li>\n<li> \tAmerican Crow<\/li>\n<li> \tTree Swallow<\/li>\n<li> \tBarn Swallow<\/li>\n<li> \tMarsh Wren<\/li>\n<li> \tEuropean Starling<\/li>\n<li> \tYellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li> \tCommon Yellowthroat<\/li>\n<li> \tSong Sparrow<\/li>\n<li> \tBrewer&#8217;s Blackbird<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also had three more species on the walk over: a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Mason Regional Park, and Canada and Egyptian Geese on the golf course. <\/p>\n<p>Killdeer and Brewer&#8217;s Blackbird are new for my BGBY list (that is, seen while walking from home) though not for the refuge or year. My BGBY total is now 67, which I think is in the lead for pure walking. Doubtless though, the more northerly participants will start catching up as migration commences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took another spin around San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge yesterday after work. I only had an hour before dark, but I still managed to add 4 species to my BGBY list including these White Pelicans: These are the first pelicans I&#8217;ve seen this year. I&#8217;ve spent a couple of weeks in Santa Clara County this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[410],"class_list":["post-1001050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding","tag-flash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}