In the past, I’ve written about my late June meetings with Pinyon Jays in Garner Valley, but on this autumn visit there were different avian hosts to entertain me. I spent most of my time along Morris Creek where it emerges from the chaparral-covered slopes onto the valley floor and meets the larger valley below. There were no ‘exceptional’ birds I met this day. Except for the Hairy Woodpecker and the Sharp-shinned Hawk. I’ve seen all these birds in my yard. But this is no cause for disappointment by me. I do not chase birds as much as I chase places. I can enjoy the birds I meet if I enjoy the place I meet them. I’ve enjoyed the times I’ve spent in Garner Valley.
Birds I met on this expedition were Hairy Woodpecker, White-Crowned Sparrow, Dark-Eyed Junco, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Mountain Chickadee, White-Breasted-Nuthatch, Oak Titmouse, Northern Flicker, Western Scrub-Jay, California Scrub-Jay, Sharp-Shinned Hawk.
Hairy Woodpecker(Leuconotopicus villosus) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 7:59 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X1405-HairyWoodPecker |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Dark-Eyed Junco(Junco hyemalis) |
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Description: Resident bird found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 9:35 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: D3X1450-DarkEyedJunco |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Dark-Eyed Junco(Junco hyemalis) |
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Description: Resident bird found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 9:37 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X1458-DarkEyedJunco |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet(Regulus calendula) |
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Description: Autumn visitor found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:08 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X1461-RubyCrownedKinglet |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Breasted Nuthatch(Sitta carolinensis) |
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Description: Resident bird found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:38 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X1539-WhiteBreastedNutHatch |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Oak Titmouse(Baeolophus inornatus) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:45 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X1558-OakTitmouse |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Oak Titmouse(Baeolophus inornatus) |
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Description: Resident bird found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:45 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X1566-OakTitmouse |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:47 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X1571-NorthernFlicker |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Northern Flicker(Colaptes auratus) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:48 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X1582-NorthernFlicker |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
White-Breasted Nuthatch(Sitta carolinensis) |
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Description: Resident bird found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:55 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X1609-WhiteBreastedNutHatch |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Scrub-Jay(Aphelocoma californica) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:58 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X1622-WesternScrubJay-1 |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
White-Crowned Sparrow(Zonotrichia leucophrys) |
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Description: Adult bird seen along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California USA 2014-10-23.lifornia. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 8:54 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X1431-WhiteCrownedSparrow |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Mountain Chickadee(Poecile gambeli) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:15 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X1475-MountainChickadee |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Mountain Chickadee(Poecile gambeli) |
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Description: Resident bird found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 10:15 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X1497-MountainChickadee |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Sharp-Shinned Hawk(Accipiter striatus) |
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Description: Along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 11:41 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X1630-SharpShinnedHawk |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Sharp-Shinned Hawk(Accipiter striatus) |
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Description: Autumn visitor found along Morris Creek in Garner Valley. Riverside County, California. |
Date Taken: 2014:10:23 11:43 |
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Location:
Garner Valley |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X1636-SharpShinnedHawk |
| © 2014 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
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