2013-04-27 Borrego’s Clark Dry Lake Birds
I made several fruitless thrasher hunts during the first half of 2013, and while I failed to locate the Le Conte’s Thrashers I had hoped for on these trips, I enjoyed the company of the birds that more readily gave themselves to me. This Saturday expedition into the desert at Clark Dry Lake in the Anza-Borrego Desert was such a journey. In seeing the Le Conte’s Thrasher I was successful, but in capturing images I was not. The bird was shy and refused me the opportunity to photograph it.
2013-06-06 Clark Dry Lake (Thrashers At Last!)
My adventures this Thursday included visits to Clark Dry Lake and the Anza-Borrego State Park Visitor Center, west of Borrego Springs, California, in San Diego County. I made several excursions earlier in the season hoping to meet Le Conte’s Thrashers. These birds dwell in some of the most inhospitable terrain found in our deserts. Reliable information led me to believe that I could find these birds at Clark Dry Lake, which fits this description well. In fact, I’d caught fleeting glimpses on prior visits. I could gain more intimate visits this day. I find such places as this, seemingly so resistant to life, a paradox. Existence would seem to be very difficult out here, yet this is the environment chosen as a home for this species.
Birds here were Le Conte’s Thrasher, Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Phainopepla, Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher.
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:26 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5041-BrownHeadedCowBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Phainopepla(Phainopepla nitens) |
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Description: Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:28 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5056-Phainopepla |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:38 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X5085-BlackTailedGnatCatcher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: Female along Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:49 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X5100-BrownHeadedCowBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: Male along Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:49 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/400 |
File Name: D3X5108-BrownHeadedCowBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: Male along Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:52 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X5139-BrownHeadedCowBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) |
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Description: Female along Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 7:54 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5147-BrownHeadedCowBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Kingbird(Tyrannus verticalis) |
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Description: Rockhouse Truck Trail near Clark Lake in the Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 8:18 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/2000 |
File Name: D3X5163-WesternKingBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
LeConte's Thrasher(Toxostoma lecontei) |
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Description: Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 5:59 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/11.0, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X8837-LeContesThrasher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
LeConte's Thrasher(Toxostoma lecontei) |
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Description: Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 6:02 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8857-LeContesThrasher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
LeConte's Thrasher(Toxostoma lecontei) |
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Description: With Phainopepla by Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 6:09 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X8878-LeContesThrasher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 6:16 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X8881-BlackTailedGnatCatcher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Female by Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 7:07 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8900-BlackTailedGnatCatcher-Female |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Female by Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 7:07 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X8902-BlackTailedGnatCatcher-Female |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Female by Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 7:08 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X8904-BlackTailedGnatCatcher-Female |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Female by Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 7:12 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X8919-BlackTailedGnatCatcher-Female |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Female by Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 7:13 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X8944-BlackTailedGnatCatcher-Female |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher(Polioptila melanura) |
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Description: Clark Dry Lake, northwest of Borrego Springs, California. Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2013:06:06 8:00 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X8971-BlackTailedGnatCatcher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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