My friend and business partner’s second son was born on the Fourth of July last year, and there was a birthday bash at Santee Lakes planned for this day noonish. I decided to go early and look for photo ops before the crowd arrived.
Soon after I arrived at the party venue, I saw a woman and a young man trying to guide a new Mallard family from the streets toward the local lakes. When the group encountered the curbing next to the perimeter road, Mom hopped over, but the babies could not do so. The two Samaritans began scooping up the little fuzzballs and placing them on the grass so they could join Mom. One eluded the helping hands and began to run along the gutter in my direction, so I sat down and waited for it to come to me, thus I managed to complete the rescue.
Thereafter, I took a bicycle tour of this area and several of the upper lakes. Subjects of this installment include Bobcat (from my yard), Cinnamon Teal, Mallard, Mallard Babies, Pied-Billed Grebe, Wood Duck, and Wood Duck Babies.
Bobcat(Lynx Rufus) |
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Description: A new critter from my yard. Poway, California in southern California. |
Date Taken: 2015:06:25 11:52 |
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Location:
Poway Grove Park |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 310 mm, f/8.0, 1/100 |
File Name: D2X1182-BobCat |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:00 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X2014-Mallard |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:03 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X2033-Mallard |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:47 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X2130-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:48 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X2137-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Cinnamon Teal(Spatula cyanoptera) |
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Description: Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:49 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X2151-CinnamonTeal |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:51 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X2180-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 10:02 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X2248-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:00 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: D3X2010-Mallard |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:01 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X2019-Mallard |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 9:42 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: D3X2100-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Mom with chicks at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 10:01 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X2234-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Wood Duck(Aix sponsa) |
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Description: Off at high speed: Mom with chicks in her wake at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 10:01 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X2238-WoodDuck |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
Pied-Billed Grebe(Podilymbus podiceps) |
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Description: Resident species at Santee Lakes in Santee, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2015:07:05 10:02 |
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Location:
Santee Lakes |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: D3X2253-PiedBilledGrebe |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging.com |
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