Sunday, April 27, 2008

Wildlife sightings while visiting the USA:

  • 6 or 7 manatees: Cocoa Beach
  • 3 bottlenose dolphins: Cocoa Beach
  • 1 bald eagle (dead, roadkill): Cape Canaveral
  • Various hawks and cardinals: Arkansas
  • At least 15 different species of bird at our friends Dick and Carol's home feeder, including at least 4 new species for us: pine siskin, yellow-rumped warbler, Carolina wren, yellow-bellied woodpecker (says Carol, though I think this was actually a flicker): Georgia
  • Wild turkey: Berkeley
  • The parrots of Telegraph Hill: San Fran
  • 3 or 4 of the lesser-known (Anna's?) hummingbirds of Telegraph Hill: San Fran
  • 50 or so harbor seals: San Fran
  • 1 acorn woodpecker, stuffing his tree like this: Palo Alto

    I'm missing some sightings, I think...
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