0330 Laird Park

Our first stop was quite successful for owls, but completely unproductive for the rails we hoped to get here.

0500 del puerto canyon road

We spent seven hours total driving up and down Del Puerto Canyon road, first in the dark and then in the light. We turned up some interesting birds before sunrise (especially Wild Turkey at Frank Raines park). The first light of the morning was lovely, but confusion about the details of the road's mile markers slowed us down a bit.

1200 patternson sewage ponds

We left the canyon in search of water and different habitats.

1232 pond near patterson sewage ponds

1315 ceres sewage ponds
1356 san joaquin river nwr (beckwith road), mostly on the way to the pullout
1643 drive down willms + crabtree roads
1800 sunset at Turlock Lake
2100 rechecking for rails, grackles
Also saw Aechmophorus Grebe Also saw Western Flycatcher