Photos taken in City of West Sacramento, Yolo County, and southern Sacramento County             

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The photos on this page were taken in West Sacramento, California on February 20, 2009.
For Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area photos
For Cosumnes River Preserve photos

* Pacific Flyway is a North-South travel route for migratory birds. California is definitely on this route!

Two White-Tailed Kites (Elanus caeruleus) were very active in the air above my sister's West Sacramento neighborhood. They did some interesting flying behaviors together, in between perching in treetops. (Click each thumbnail photo, then expand the new window, for a larger version of the photo.)
There were other birds in the neighborhood, too, including a hawk that had caught a vole or something (see the furry critter in his claws, in the closeup photo above).

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The Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), below left, was one of a dozen or so that sat in this almond tree as we walked by. The tree has lovely blossoms, too early, I think. I hope there's not another frost. . .

© 2009 Kat Mulkey