I saw some wonderful birds on our recent trip to San Francisco

tigereye

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Sat Sep-01-07 04:14 PM
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I saw some wonderful birds on our recent trip to San Francisco

haven't downloaded the pix as yet.

We saw Western gulls, pelagic cormorants (at least that's what my bird book seemed to think), cliff swallows and I think orange crowned warblers.

I wish we had been closer to the actual ocean, though, and been able to see more shore birds...

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XemaSab

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Sun Sep-02-07 01:26 PM
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1. The bay side is actually better for shorebirding

But it sounds like you had a good trip! :D

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tigereye

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Fri Sep-21-07 05:01 PM
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3. we were on the bay, on both sides, and then in Sausalito

Edited on Fri Sep-21-07 05:03 PM by tigereye

A lot of the birds we saw were while we were on the various ferries.

whoops, I think I misread your post. So you are saying that the bay is better than the ocean. Interesting.

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XemaSab

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Sat Sep-22-07 01:27 AM
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5. Are you talking about shorebirds, like sandpipers,

or shore birds, like gulls?

Mmmm.... bay might be better for both. :)

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tigereye

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Sat Sep-22-07 03:59 PM
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6. well, I'm from Pittsburgh, so we don't see much of either on the river here!

Edited on Sat Sep-22-07 03:59 PM by tigereye

the occasional gull is pretty much it, except during migration. I know folks here were psyched in the spring to see a lot of birds not typical for here, on the river.

I was thinking more about sandpipers and plover and terns. But actually in SF we saw terns, and pelicans, and gulls. I tend to think of shore as ocean - like Eastern beaches...

Hmm, I guess the protected atmosphere of the bay would be more hospitable... in any case the bay is a worderful environment.

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Maestro

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Sun Sep-02-07 09:18 PM
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2. Make sure you post them.

I would love to see them. :thumbsup:

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tigereye

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Fri Sep-21-07 05:02 PM
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4. If I can figure out how to use the Iphoto properly, I will!

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semillama

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Mon Sep-24-07 12:26 PM
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7. Good luck with IPhoto

I absolutely hate trying to upload anything from iPhoto, because navigating to your folder is not intuitive. It's one thing that I prefer to do on a PC.

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tigereye

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Mon Sep-24-07 09:41 PM
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8. yeah last time I tried to do it, it balked in a very weird way

I couldn't help thinking that I had unwittingly uploaded all my vacation pix to the Mod forum. ;)

I was hoping you more experienced folks could tell me if I was correct about the cormorants I saw and the gulls. I'll just have to beg my husband (the tech geek) to help me figure out how to upload em.

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