It was a very windy day at American Canyon in August. It is just south of Napa California. I attended an Audubon bird group’s birdwatching tour. A few people who attended the tour brought some top-notch tools for viewing birds: SPOTTING SCOPES!
Looking through the scopes was an interesting experience. The high magnification allowed us to see birds several hundred meters away. They were a little big and bulky since they were mounted an tripods, but it was worth it. They are also better suited for stationary or slowly moving birds.
I’ll stick with my binoculars and camera for now, but I’m definitely thinking about getting a scope in the future.
Here are birds I saw there:
American Kestrel
Barn Swallow
American Avocet
Song Sparrow
Herring Gull
Greater Yellowlegs? Lesser Yellowlegs?
Kildeer
Anna’s Hummingbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Canada Goose
Black-necked Stilts have pink legs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Black-crowned night heron’s parent and juvenile.
Information for American Canyon Wetlands Trail
2 Eucalyptus Dr., American Canyon CA 94503
・Drive 45 min from San Francisco
・Drive 1 hour from Sacramento
・I parked at Wetlands Edge Park
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