photos by Bill Walker, click thumbnails to enlarge
114 Species
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Grebes
Bitterns and Herons
New World Vultures
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Caracaras and Falcons
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Plovers
Stilts and Avocets
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Dowitcher sp.
NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes
Emberizids
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Grebes
Pelicans
Cormorants
Caracaras and Falcons
Plovers
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Yellowlegs sp.
NOT ABA COUNTABLE
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Pigeons and Doves
Hummingbirds
Kingfishers
Jays and Crows
Swallows
Bushtits
Wrens
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings
Wood-Warblers
Emberizids
Blackbirds
Northern Finches
Old World Sparrows
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail
Grebes
Bitterns and Herons
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Skuas, Gulls, and Terns
Pigeons and Doves
Tyrant Flycatchers
Jays and Crows
Swallows
Chickadees and Titmice
Wrens
Kinglets
Waxwings
Wood-Warblers
Emberizids
Blackbirds
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Location Notes
Daylight today: 3:09PM to 1:35AM
We visit Palo Alto Duck Pond at least
6 times a year.
Our second most visited site; location of bill's first birdwalk with Steve Shunk. Includes birds sighted at Lucy Evans Nature Center.
Note to photographers: This site is now most famous for the egret and night-heron rookery located immediately adjacent to the duck pond parking lot. Here in April and May you can get great morning light shots of nesting egrets and night-herons squabbling over nest sites, sitting on eggs, perched in the palm trees with their chicks, or flying frequently to and from the nest. Be sure to check the duck pond for interesting and highly acclimated ducks and gulls -- with a 500mm you can get some great portraits here. Be sure to check the trees around the pond for passerines and raptors.
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Location Map
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