I was fortunate to get out a few times and find some good birds in this area, including Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Rock Wren, and some Mountain Bluebirds. Spring birding continues!
These photos are © 2026 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
Signature
📄 hashes-2026-04-29-105419.txt
📄 hashes-2026-04-29-105419.txt.sig
The above hashes-<date>.txt file contains SHA-256 hashes of all the photos
from this shoot. The hashes-<date>.txt.sig is a signature of that hashes
file, created with my PGP key. The signature file
itself was written to both the Bitcoin Cash and Algorand blockchains, in the
OP RETURN and Note fields respectively, using the transactions below.
In short, this proves that these photos and the signature both existed at the time the
transactions were written to the Bitcoin Cash and Algorand blockchains.
This blog post has more details.
view the BCH tx on blockchair.com: 69c1827aab61950b7355bf3a11e08481bcfe87ad2c93f7cc677c9e23e78ada47
view the ALGO tx on explorer.perawallet.app: S4PLJZNSSZX6KBETEUAA4AL2FGNEF6NBMVZTB45SSPEEL4U43CLQ
8:52AM Monday April 20, 2026
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)Since the (American) Green-winged Teal and Eurasian Teal were lumped together as "Green-winged Teal" this past fall, I've had it in the back of my mind to be on the lookout for the Eurasian variety. I suppose I should have been looking out for them before, but I didn't realize they were around. I was too distracted in the field by the Cinnamon Teal to notice the Eurasian Teal right next to it, but I'm glad I got OK photos.
8:52AM Monday April 20, 2026
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)
8:53AM Monday April 20, 2026
Bald Eagle
9:14AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:14AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:15AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:15AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:15AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:16AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:17AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:17AM Monday April 20, 2026
Cinnamon Teal
9:27AM Monday April 20, 2026
Bald Eagle (Juvenile)
9:27AM Monday April 20, 2026
Bald Eagle (Juvenile)
9:30AM Monday April 20, 2026
Redhead
4:10PM Tuesday April 21, 2026
Anna's Hummingbird
4:10PM Tuesday April 21, 2026
Anna's Hummingbird
9:07AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock Wren
9:14AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock Wren
9:14AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock Wren
9:14AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock Wren
9:14AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock Wren
9:15AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock WrenI've tried for a few years now to get a decent photograph of this species. I think this counts!
9:15AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Rock Wren
9:35AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Pied-billed Grebe
9:35AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Pied-billed Grebe
9:35AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Pied-billed GrebeI used Lightroom Classic's AI remove tool on this version.
9:35AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Pied-billed Grebe
9:35AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Pied-billed Grebe
10:17AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky FlycatcherI was looking for a would-be lifer Gray Flycatcher and managed to photograph this bird. It didn't strike me as especially long-billed or long-tailed, and after reviewing photos I'm convinced it's a Dusky Flycatcher.
10:17AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:17AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:22AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:22AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:22AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:22AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:22AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Dusky Flycatcher
10:24AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Hammond's FlycatcherI saw this flycatcher in the same spot as the previous one, but it has a more well-defined eye ring, a shorter tail, and longer primary projections. This is a Hammond's Flycatcher, which otherwise hadn't been reported at this location this month despite lots of visiting birders.
10:24AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Hammond's Flycatcher
10:26AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Hammond's Flycatcher
11:35AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain BluebirdI was trekking along a shoreline without any trail, looking for these birds. I spotted one or two in the distance with my binoculars, and managed to get this mostly-clear distant photo. Upon reviewing it on my computer later, I was surprsied to see there was not one but actually four males in this photo!
11:40AM Thursday April 23, 2026
Western Bluebird
12:05PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:05PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:06PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:06PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:06PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:07PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:07PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:08PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain Bluebird
12:08PM Thursday April 23, 2026
Mountain BluebirdThe color of these birds was amazing. Worth the long hike and getting cut up by blackberries!