jak86094

The Fall migration is well under way. SoCal is being visited by an interesting variety of birds relocating for the winter season and stopping on their way to new habitats. Some of these aren't even visitors in normal years but "vagrants," passing through SoCal in small numbers and in locations where they have seldom been seen. Although I haven't been able to find all of the reported rare species, it's been fun finding a few and getting out to look for others. All photos were taken with a Nikon D500, handheld, using a Nikkor 200-500mm telezoom set on Auto-ISO. Shutter speeds have ranged between 1/1250 and 1/2500. Apertures have generally been f/6.3 to f/9.0. Most look better as downloads.

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Arctic Warbler - a very rare visitor to Southern California.

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Blackburnian Warbler - an infrequent visitor.

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Black-throated Gray Warbler

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Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher - only seen here a few times...ever.

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Wilson's Warbler - pretty common but just returning in numbers.

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Hermit Warbler - back for the winter

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Baird's Sandpiper - not too rare but never seen in significant numbers.

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Brewer's Sparrow - definitely a seasonal visitor.

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kenArchi Loc: Seal Beach, CA

I thought those yellow guys were Oriols.

jak86094

ken, while we get Hooded and Bullock's Orioles fairly often here in Southern California, I have included none in this collection. Most of the birds I've included in this set are quite small...much smaller than an Oriole. It's amazing how many colorful birds we actually find here in SoCal. Hope you enjoyed this set. jak

jdtonkinson Loc: Red Wing, MN

Beautiful Visitors for sure. Great photos of those birds. thanks for sharing.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful set, jak! The Baird Sandpiper shot is a wall hanger.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Really enjoyed these. Great variety.

jak86094

And thank you, jd, for the kind words. Much appreciated. Good luck in your own photography. jak

jak86094

Mike, that’s very kind. Thank you. The Baird’s was quite far away, so the photo is greatly cropped...not the sharpest photo, but I was happy to get it. Take care of yourself. jak

jak86094

Thanks, NMGal. Very pleased you enjoyed them. It’s been lots of fun to get out to various locations in search of the migrants and rare species. Take care of yourself. jak

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Beautiful birds and excellent set jak.

jak86094

Sylvias, so nice to hear from you. Thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad I could bring you a bit of enjoyment. Have a creative, photogenic weekend and take good care of yourself. jak

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Excellent.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Terrific photos of a terrific series of birds...glad you can find a great variety like these to photograph and share with us, jak!!

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Looks like an amazing vagrant season this year. Great captures.