Gadwall ES

Surf Scoter ES

Bufflehead ES

Common Loon ES

Brown Pelican ES

Brandt's Cormorant ES

Double-crested Cormorant ES

Great Blue Heron ES

Great Egret ES

Snowy Egret ES

Red-tailed Hawk ES

Snowy Plover SRSB

American Avocet ES

Western Gull ES

Pigeon Guillemot ES

Great-tailed Grackle ZSB

I decided to try taking a photography boat cruise with Yohn Gideon at Elkhorn Slough Safari. He got us really close to some otters and a number of birds. He says the autumn photography trip has even more birds. The close encounter with Pigeon Guillemot was fabulous.