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Today I met up with my brother Chris (aka Doaf)\u00a0in South Lake Tahoe, and we drove up to Lily Lake, just south of Fallen Leaf Lake; the one-lane road to get there was a little hairy, as there were many summer vacationers out and about.\u00a0 Since Doaf had recently hiked in this area, he hoped to show me an odd turkey-like bird he’d seen.\u00a0 We set out around the lake, seeing a number of small birds.\u00a0 The small\u00a0lake was beautiful, had several areas with lily pads, evidence of beaver activity, and a few ducks (Common Mergansers). We saw a Northern Flicker, a very scruffy Steller’s Jay, and scruffy Robins. At the far side of the lake, the trail was a bit difficult to follow and there were many willow bushes we scrambled through.\u00a0 There were quite a few birds there, but they were shy.\u00a0 I did catch a Warbling Vireo, and Doaf pointed out a busy Hairy Woodpecker.\u00a0 Walking ahead of me, he saw the turkey-like bird again, but it scurried into the shrubs before I could get there. Rats!\u00a0 Note: later on I realized the bird was a Sooty Grouse, which I’d previously seen in a tree at Angora Burn Area<\/a>\u00a0which is within 5 miles of where we were.\u00a0 The most unusual sighting was a pair of juvenile Western Wood Pewees;\u00a0they were watching\u00a0their parents fly around, probably showing them how to catch insects.\u00a0 Very cute!<\/p>\n I did not observe any new species for my TBY list today, but I discovered a beautiful lake with great landscape photography potential.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JDP-TBY-20180822-5533.jpg” _builder_version=”3.12.1″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”10px||0px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ align=”center” show_in_lightbox=”on” title_text=”Click to enlarge” custom_margin=”0px||0px|”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.1″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”0px||0px|”]<\/p>\n Warbling Vireo<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JDP-TBY-20180822-5488.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.12.1″ custom_padding=”70px||0px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ title_text=”Click to enlarge” show_in_lightbox=”on” custom_margin=”0px||0px|”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.1″ custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”]<\/p>\n Scruffy Steller’s Jay<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JDP-TBY-20180822-5556.jpg” _builder_version=”3.12.1″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”50px||0px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ align=”center” show_in_lightbox=”on” title_text=”Click to enlarge” custom_margin=”||0px|”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.1″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”0px||10px|”]<\/p>\n Hairy Woodpecker<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_color=”#ffffff” parallax_method=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.5.1″ make_fullwidth=”on” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JDP-TBY-20180822-5617.jpg” _builder_version=”3.12.1″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||5px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ align=”center” custom_margin=”||0px|” show_in_lightbox=”on” title_text=”Click to enlarge”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.1″ custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”]<\/p>\n Western Wood Pewee Juveniles Watch Parents<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JDP-TBY-20180822-5622.jpg” _builder_version=”3.12.1″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||5px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ align=”center” custom_margin=”||0px|” show_in_lightbox=”on” title_text=”Click to enlarge”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.12.1″ custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”]<\/p>\n . . . 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