2013-03-26 Thrasher Hunt
County Road S-2, or the Great Southern Overland Stage Route, runs along the desert floor at the foot of the local San Diego mountains. The route is one of my favorites in the county. Scissors Crossing, where State Route 78 crosses, is a wonderful bird location.
In past years, I had explored this region. It always fascinated me how the creek transitioned to a marshy cienega before funneling down the rocky gorge onto the desert floor four miles down the road near Plum Canyon. There the water sinks below the sand to continue its underground passage across the desert to the Salton Sea, nearly 50 miles away, barely rising above the sand on its journey.
I didn’t linger long at Scissors Crossing, just long enough to enjoy the company of a Loggerhead Shrike I met there. I was interested in finding La Conte’s Thrashers, and I was told I might find them along the route to the south. I made stops along the road including a tour at Agua Caliente County Park where I met some nice birds at the oasis there.
I did not find the La Conte’s Thrasher on this day, but the birds I met were California Thrasher, Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, White-Winged Dove, Costa’s Hummingbird, and Hooded Oriole.
California Thrasher(Toxostoma redivivum) |
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Description: This bird was found along San Felipe Creek above Scissors Crossing in Anza Borrego State Park near Borrego Springs California on 2007-12-16. |
Date Taken: 2007:12:16 10:37 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 400 mm, f/4.0, 1/1500 |
File Name: JCD2836CaliforniaThrasher |
| © 2007 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Thrasher(Toxostoma redivivum) |
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Description: This bird was found along San Felipe Creek above Scissors Crossing in Anza Borrego State Park near Borrego Springs California on 2007-12-16. |
Date Taken: 2007:12:16 10:37 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 330 mm, f/4.0, 1/2500 |
File Name: JCD2843CaliforniaThrasher |
| © 2007 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Thrasher(Toxostoma redivivum) |
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Description: This bird was found along San Felipe Creek above Scissors Crossing in Anza Borrego State Park near Borrego Springs California on 2007-12-16. |
Date Taken: 2007:12:16 10:38 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 400 mm, f/4.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: JCD2848CaliforniaThrasher |
| © 2007 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Verdin(Auriparus flaviceps) |
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Description: Near the San Felipe Creek and Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego State Park. San Diego County California 2008-08-15. |
Date Taken: 2008:08:15 16:18 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: jcd9809Verdin |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bell's Vireo(Vireo bellii) |
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Description: Near the San Felipe Creek and Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego State Park. San Diego County California 2008-08-16. |
Date Taken: 2008:08:16 6:36 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: jcd9827BellsVireo |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bell's Vireo(Vireo bellii) |
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Description: Near the San Felipe Creek and Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego State Park. San Diego County California 2008-08-16. |
Date Taken: 2008:08:16 6:45 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: jcd9831BellsVireo |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bell's Vireo(Vireo bellii) |
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Description: Near the San Felipe Creek and Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego State Park. San Diego County California 2008-08-16. |
Date Taken: 2008:08:16 7:03 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/350 |
File Name: jcd9840BellsVireo |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
California Quail(Callipepla californica) |
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Description: Near the San Felipe Creek and Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego State Park. San Diego County California 2008-08-16. |
Date Taken: 2008:08:16 7:19 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1500 |
File Name: jcd9865CaliforniaQuail |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Flame Skimmer(Libellula saturata) |
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Description: Near the San Felipe Creek and Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego State Park. San Diego County California 2008-08-16. |
Date Taken: 2008:08:16 7:30 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1500 |
File Name: jcd9872FlameSkimmer |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Loggerhead Shrike(Lanius ludovicianus) |
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Description: San Felipe Creek near Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego desert of San Diego County CAlifornia USA 2009-04-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:04:10 11:28 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: JCD5294.LoggerHeadShrike |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Bell's Vireo(Vireo bellii) |
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Description: San Felipe Creek near Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego desert of San Diego County CAlifornia USA 2009-04-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:04:10 12:08 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD5315.BellsVireo |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher(Empidonax difficilis) |
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Description: San Felipe Creek near Scissors Crossing in the Anza-Borrego desert of San Diego County CAlifornia USA 2009-04-10. |
Date Taken: 2009:04:10 12:21 |
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Location:
Scissors Crossing |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: JCD5325.PacificSlopeFlyCatcher |
| © 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Ash-Throated Flycatcher(Myiarchus cinerascens) |
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Description: San Felipe Creek below Scissors Crossing. Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 9:59 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X5167-AshThroatedFlyCatcher |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
White-Winged Dove(Zenaida asiatica) |
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Description: San Felipe Creek below Scissors Crossing. Anza Borrego State Park. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2013:04:27 10:17 |
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Location:
Rockhouse Trail |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X5178-WhiteWingedDove |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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