I don’t always bring a camera with me when I visit Lake Poway. Only 7.5 miles from my home, I find its peace and serenity soothes me and heals my soul. If not on a weekend, when families flock here for picnicking, playing games, or fishing, I have found it easy to find a shady bench overlooking the lake from the park’s overlooks. If the weather is compatible, I may hike or bike the trails that weave their way through the chaparral-covered slopes surrounding the lake.
When I was in school, this basin was part of the wild back-country that has nearly disappeared from San Diego County. The lake was constructed between 1970 and 1972, and stores the drinking-water supply for the City of Poway.
Despite the ‘rearranged’ habitat, wildlife meetings can still be enjoyed here. The birds I have photographed include American Yellow Warblers, Brewer’s Blackbirds, Bushtits, American Crows, Lark Sparrows, Black Phoebes, Bullock’s Orioles, Black-Crowned Night-Herons, House Wrens, Rufous-Crowned Sparrows, Turkey Vultures, Lesser Goldfinches, and Mallards. But these are not the limit of species one might encounter here.
American Crow(Corvus brachyrhynchos) |
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Description: Birds I met one afternoon at Lake Poway. San Diego County California USA 2008-06-01. |
Date Taken: 2008:06:01 16:52 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: JCD5983AmericanCrow |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Crow(Corvus brachyrhynchos) |
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Description: Birds I met one afternoon at Lake Poway. San Diego County California USA 2008-06-01. |
Date Taken: 2008:06:01 17:38 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000 |
File Name: JCD6101AmericanCrow |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Yellow Warbler(Setophaga petechia) |
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Description: Birds I met one afternoon at Lake Poway. San Diego County California USA 2008-06-01. |
Date Taken: 2008:06:01 17:49 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD6182YellowWarbler |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
American Yellow Warbler(Setophaga petechia) |
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Description: Birds I met one afternoon at Lake Poway. San Diego County California USA 2008-06-01. |
Date Taken: 2008:06:01 17:59 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD6213YellowWarbler |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Western Bluebird(Sialia mexicana) |
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Description: Juvenile at Lake Poway. Poway (San Diego County), California. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:06 11:44 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD2199.WesternBlueBird.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
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Description: Lake Poway. Poway (San Diego County), California 2010-07-06. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:06 12:03 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD2219.TurkeyVulture |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Black Phoebe(Sayornis nigricans) |
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Description: Lake Poway. Poway (San Diego County), California 2010-07-06. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:06 12:22 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/400 |
File Name: JCD2224.BlackPhoebe |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Western Bluebird(Sialia mexicana) |
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Description: Juvenile at Lake Poway. Poway (San Diego County), California. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:06 13:13 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD2273.WesternBlueBird.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Bullock's Oriole(Icterus bullockii) |
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Description: Juvenile bird foraging at Lake Poway. Poway (San Diego County), California. |
Date Taken: 2010:07:06 13:23 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD2371.BullocksOriole.Juvenile |
| © 2010 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Black-Crowned Night-Heron(Nycticorax nycticorax) |
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Description: Lake Poway in San Diego County California USA 2009-05-18. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:18 18:47 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/250 |
File Name: JCD8740.BlackCrownedNightHeron |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bullock's Oriole(Icterus bullockii) |
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Description: Lake Poway in San Diego County California USA 2009-05-18. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:18 18:31 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD8693.BullocksOriole.Female |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bullock's Oriole(Icterus bullockii) |
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Description: Lake Poway in San Diego County California USA 2009-05-18. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:18 18:32 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/350 |
File Name: JCD8708.BullocksOriole |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bullock's Oriole(Icterus bullockii) |
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Description: Lake Poway in San Diego County California USA 2009-05-18. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:18 18:33 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800 |
File Name: JCD8712.BullocksOriole |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brewer's Blackbird(Euphagus cyanocephalus) |
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Description: Meetings I enjoyed at Lake Poway. San Diego County California 2009-05-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:10 17:11 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD8046.BrewersBlackBird |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Brewer's Blackbird(Euphagus cyanocephalus) |
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Description: Meetings I enjoyed at Lake Poway. San Diego County California 2009-05-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:10 17:17 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD8060.BrewersBlackBird |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bushtit(Psaltriparus minimus) |
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Description: Meetings I enjoyed at Lake Poway. San Diego County California 2009-05-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:10 17:27 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/200 |
File Name: JCD8069.BushTit |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bushtit(Psaltriparus minimus) |
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Description: Meetings I enjoyed at Lake Poway. San Diego County California 2009-05-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:10 17:58 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: JCD8085.BushTit |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Lark Sparrow(Chondestes grammacus) |
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Description: Meetings I enjoyed at Lake Poway. San Diego County California 2009-05-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:10 18:00 |
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Location:
Lake Poway |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: JCD8087.LarkSparrow |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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