Whoa!

This is a creature that I have wanted to see for a very long time and today was my lucky day because I saw not 1, but FOUR white-nosed coatimundi!  We saw the first three darting across the road as we neared our meeting place in Madera Canyon this morning. All way too quick for photos, although I was beaming just to have finally seen one.  

We met up with Laurie54 for some serious bird photography and were being thrilled by a pair of Hepatic Tanagers when suddenly someone spotted...a Coati!  Looking like a slender cousin of a raccoon, the little Coati proceeded to put on quite a show for a small group of five or so photographers and several equally thrilled onlookers including my parents.  So by 10:30 this morning, I knew I had my Blip.  The rest of the day (and some 400 shots) was just for fun.

The morning at Madera Canyon and the afternoon at Sweetwater Preserve.  In total, I logged 45 species of birds today, including a couple of new birds.  A few favorites in Extra.  Birds featured are male Hepatic Tanager, red-naped Sapsucker, male Anna’s Hummer.

Thank you for sending my Great Horned Owl to the Pops page, and forgive my lack of comments this week.

Xo
Debbi