I saw some wonderful birds on our recent trip to San Francisco

[tigereye]

haven't downloaded the pix as yet.

We saw Western gulls, pelagic cormorants (at least that's what my bird book seemed to think), cliff swallows and I think orange crowned warblers.


I wish we had been closer to the actual ocean, though, and been able to see more shore birds...

[XemaSab]

1. The bay side is actually better for shorebirding

But it sounds like you had a good trip! :D

[tigereye]

3. we were on the bay, on both sides, and then in Sausalito

A lot of the birds we saw were while we were on the various ferries.

whoops, I think I misread your post. So you are saying that the bay is better than the ocean. Interesting.

[XemaSab]

5. Are you talking about shorebirds, like sandpipers,

or shore birds, like gulls?

Mmmm.... bay might be better for both. :)

[tigereye]

6. well, I'm from Pittsburgh, so we don't see much of either on the river here!

the occasional gull is pretty much it, except during migration. I know folks here were psyched in the spring to see a lot of birds not typical for here, on the river.

I was thinking more about sandpipers and plover and terns. But actually in SF we saw terns, and pelicans, and gulls. I tend to think of shore as ocean - like Eastern beaches...


Hmm, I guess the protected atmosphere of the bay would be more hospitable... in any case the bay is a worderful environment.

[Maestro]

2. Make sure you post them.

I would love to see them. :thumbsup:

[tigereye]

4. If I can figure out how to use the Iphoto properly, I will!

[semillama]

7. Good luck with IPhoto

I absolutely hate trying to upload anything from iPhoto, because navigating to your folder is not intuitive. It's one thing that I prefer to do on a PC.

[tigereye]

8. yeah last time I tried to do it, it balked in a very weird way

I couldn't help thinking that I had unwittingly uploaded all my vacation pix to the Mod forum. ;)


I was hoping you more experienced folks could tell me if I was correct about the cormorants I saw and the gulls. I'll just have to beg my husband (the tech geek) to help me figure out how to upload em.