Turkeys 火鸡

The other day as I was driving up the mountains of the Warm Springs Area in Fremont, CA to a friend's house, I saw some turkeys. I chased after them and took some photos. I hope you enjoy viewing these! If you are from the area, you would know there are a lot of turkeys on the mountains here in the SF Bay Area. I actually saw some more the second time I went, but that day, I didn't have my camera with me so I don't have any photos from that day to show you. Turkeys are a common site here. You can find my turkey photos from Livermore, CA from a few month ago here.

我几天前在山上看两只火鸡。这些是我拍的照片。三藩市周围可以看到很多火鸡。我上次拍的火鸡照片可以在这里找到。

So as always, I like to stick the important news up here first. So what important photos I have coming up? Well I still got photos from Yosemite National Park, Muir Woods National Monument, Sausalito, and some random photos I took elsewhere. Those photos are still being processed, and it will take a bit longer. As I have told you before, college classes has started for me and I haven't been getting as much time for photography.

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The day I had my camera, a parent turkey was leading its offspring. 

It was shady so I had to use a wide aperture for speed. The parent turkey was blurred out a bit. 

Aren't they cute? ^_^ 

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them! I still have some random photos left to show you guys, and more importantly photos from Yosemite National Park, Muir Woods National Monument, and Sausalito to show you guys. As I mentioned above, I am still in the process of looking through and processing them for my blog so they won't be available for a while. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

Central Park and Rio Vista Birds

Today I am here to share with you some photos I took at Central Park and Rio Vista. As with the past few blog posts, these photos were from last year. The first 3 photos may have been posted before, however, I am not that sure, so I am posting them again. The first 3 photos was taken at Central Park. Central Park is located in Fremont, CA. The last photo was taken in Rio Vista, I think. Rio Vista is a small city located in California.

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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

 Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

The first 3 photos are taken on 4/27/2011. 

This an immature Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). You can tell because its colors has not fully developed yet. (According to my North American bird field guide)

This photo was taken on 9/3/2011.

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Baby Robin

I have to admit. These photos was actually taken during May of 2011. They got mixed in with my Taiwan photos and I was really busy (and a bit lazy ROFL) so I didn't find time to organize and pick out the ones I was going to post. I finally got the photos from Taiwan all sorted out. Expect them to be posted soon. :) Anyways, today I want to share with you some baby robin photos. Last year, there was this robin that nested in my backyard and I got a really good look at the babies and took some great photos. They are really cute so I hope you enjoy viewing them!

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The photos are of the American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Here is a photo of the nest.

There was 2 chicks. 

Anyways, continuing my story... Well apparently later I tried to take a photo with my phone, and that scared one of the chicks out... It tried to fly, but apparently fell slowly to the ground. I caught up with it (it managed to run to the other side of my yard!) and put it back in the nest. Nothing bad happened. Later that afternoon I saw the momma bird teaching the one that fell out how to fly. She didn't seem to care I touched her baby. So... and they all returned that night. No abandonment, but they didn't come back to the nest to lay the eggs this year. :( Maybe it was because of me, oh well, I got a bunch of finch nests in my yard. :D I think the robin moved into my neighbor's home, because I see a lot of robins flying around their house now. 

Momma bird back with food?

Yep she had food. LOL Bird butt...

The baby chick looking at me. The photos aren't in order. The first 3 photos was taken with my cellphone. I obviously couldn't fit my DSLR up in that little space. One benefit for tiny cameras. The rest was done with my Olympus (my old DSLR). 

Anyways, you would be surprised at how much finch and sparrow nest in my yard. I see them in my front yard and backyard everyday. I guess they love the free food. ROFL I usually leave my parakeets outside during the day time, and boy do the wild birds love coming for the spilled food. My parakeets probably spill half of what I put in. 

Both of them are looking at me now. ^_^ Cute

This what the robin did after I put it back into the nest. I guess it was scared.

Momma bird teaching him/her how to fly. 

I hope you have enjoyed viewing these cute photos. I'll try to get more baby bird photos if I can. There is a finch nest in my yard I can see very well, however it is too high for me to reach. Don't want to disturb the birds, but I'll try to spot out more nests in my yard. Please share this blog post with your friends, and any bird lovers you know! Thanks for viewing! See you next time.