2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi

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It was mostly overcast and foggy as we traversed Woodbridge Road all the way from the freeway to the levee. Our primary targets were sandhill cranes and a reported great horned owl. We found a few red-tailed hawks, loads of geese, several dozen sandhill cranes, and some kestrels. A crop-duster helicopter was working the ag fields, spraying RoundUp. (Evidence for this were several empty cardboard cases labelled "Roundup" near the helicopter re-fueling truck alongside Woodbridge road. I photographed the helicopter making high-arched turns and flushing thousands of migratory geese in adjacent fields. As with our previous trip on December 15, the Isenberg Sandhill crane preserve had no cranes, but further west there were several fields where they were on the ground.

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Sturnus vulgaris European starlings on rice processing discard pile 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --003
Sturnus vulgaris European starlings rice processing discard pile 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 003
Grus canadensis Sandhill cranes 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --034
Grus canadensis Sandhill cranes 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 034
Grus canadensis Sandhill cranes 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --058
Grus canadensis Sandhill cranes 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 058
Buteo jamaicensis 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --008
Buteo jamaicensis 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 008
Buteo jamaicensis 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --014
Buteo jamaicensis 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 014
Grus canadensis Sandhill cranes REFLECTIONS 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -b-001
Grus canadensis Sandhill cranes REFLECTIONS 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 001
Circus cyaneus Gray ghost 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -c-002
Circus cyaneus Gray ghost 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 002
Buteo jamaicensis 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -c-026
Buteo jamaicensis 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 026
Anser albifons Greater white-fronted geese in flight 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --001
Anser albifons Greater white fronted geese flight 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 001
Ardea alba 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --002-VERTICAL
Ardea alba 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 002 VERTICAL
Chen rossii Ross geese in flight v-formation 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --003
Chen rossii Ross geese flight formation 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 003
Chen rossii Ross geese in flight v-formation 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --004
Chen rossii Ross geese flight formation 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 004
geese in flight 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --007
geese flight 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 007
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -d-005
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 005
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -d-013
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 013
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -c-002-PANO
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 002 PANO
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -c-008
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 008
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -b-010
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 010
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -b-014-VERTICAL
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 014 VERTICAL
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi -b-020
geese flight helicopter crop duster 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 020
geese in flight & helicopter crop duster PANO 2018 01-23 Woodbridge Rd - Lodi --008
geese flight helicopter crop duster PANO 2018 Woodbridge Lodi 008

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