2020 12-26 Merced NWR

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A loop around the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge without much luck, followed up with a nice visit to the nearby Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

Highlight of the day was a super cooperative young red-shouldered hawk that posed for pics and ate a bee right in front of our eyes.
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Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe mouth open to eat a bee 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--032
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe mouth open eat bee 2020 Merced NWR 032
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--043
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe 2020 Merced NWR 043
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe eating a bee 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--031
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe eating bee 2020 Merced NWR 031
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--049
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe 2020 Merced NWR 049
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe VERTICAL 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--026
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe VERTICAL 2020 Merced NWR 026
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--035
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe 2020 Merced NWR 035
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--019
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe 2020 Merced NWR 019
Buteo lineatus JUV on pipe 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--010
Buteo lineatus JUV pipe 2020 Merced NWR 010
clouds 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--006
clouds 2020 Merced NWR 006
Sayornis nigricans Black phoebe on post 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--002
Sayornis nigricans Black phoebe post 2020 Merced NWR 002
wetlands scenery with Cygnus columbianus Tundra swans 2020 12-26 San Luis NWR--008
wetlands scenery with Cygnus columbianus Tundra swans 2020 Luis NWR 008
Chen cearulescens Snow geese 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--002
Chen cearulescens Snow geese 2020 Merced NWR 002
Otospermophilus beecheyi Ground squirrel 2020 12-26 Merced NWR--007
Otospermophilus beecheyi Ground squirrel 2020 Merced NWR 007

CONDOR EXPRESS TRIPS

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2020 12-26 Merced NWR

Location of today's photographs