California Vacation September 12 through 23

Mark Taylor, Butch Labrie, James Mallet and Dave Small Travel to Bird and seek other natural subjects in Central California. E-mail comments


	The results are in... Complete Trip Bird List
Hot sunny weather (104 F), Several Fiery Skippers were waiting for us as we parked at the motel in Watsonville. California Towhee, Scrub Jay and lots of Hummingbirds visiting the flowers... a nice start to the trip...	Fiery Skipper Watsonville

Western Pygmy Blue (North Americas smallest butterfly) and West Coast Painted Lady were Life list Butterflies on 9-13-2003 See More Photos and Bird List
See the September 14th trip Report A great day on the water!	September 15th report Monday we headed for Big Sur
September 16th we left the coast heading East to the Sierra's - Pinnacle National Monument and Yosemite... Mormon's Metalmark was one of the highlights
Variegated Meadowhawk another lifer at Yosemite	September 17th - Yosemite and Mono Lake Adventure
September 18th we Worked the White Mountain region and the Bristle cone Pine Forest. Chuckar was added to the trip list as were Pinyon Jay, Hermit Thrush, White-breasted Nuthatch, Western Coyote. We spent a lot of time traveling today so not many photos to share. This was the last day our good friend and travel companion James Mallet will be birding with us as he has business in San Francisco. A group Photo on our last day together is at the top of the page..
	September 19th The Kern River Valley was fabulous: Clark's Grebe, Nuttall's Woodpecker, and a late day run to the China Lake Region for LeConte's Thrasher. My Best butterfly day yet. The highlands above Lake Isabelle were full of fast moving butterflies. Like this Painted Lady right
September 20th A big Travel day today as we head from China Lake back to Watsonville for yet another Monterey Bay boat trip tomorrow. But not before a fast start at the Galileo Hill off 20 Mule Team Road
	September 21: Our final Whale Watch on Monterey Bay and looks at Marbled Godwit...
September 22 Travel Home!