Klamath Basin Sketches

Black-necked stilt, ring-billed gull, sandhill crane, white pelican, dowitchers, and a duck.

Dale and I recently returned for a camping trip in the Klamath Basin (northern California, USA).  We found a wonderful little hot spot of bird activity ... a little island, close to the road.  Over the next three days I spotted 26 species of birds from just that spot.  While Dale photographed I got to paint to my heart's content.  Here I was trying to capture the size differences between the birds.  The pelican probably should be even bigger.

I find white-faced ibis rather elegant in an odd way.  

A handful of black-necked stilts were feeding and sleeping in the shallow water around the little island.  

Dowitchers rest in the shallows too.