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| 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.
