{"id":1174,"date":"2018-08-30T20:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2018-09-03T22:14:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T05:14:36","slug":"angora-burn-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judyduffyphotography.com\/?p=1174","title":{"rendered":"Angora Burn Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I drove over to South Lake Tahoe to revisit the Angora Burn Area.\u00a0 I arrived about 8:30 am and meandered up the trail.\u00a0 It was a beautiful cool morning, in the 60’s when I started out.\u00a0 I saw several Chickadees, Chipping Sparrows,\u00a0and a Brown Creeper in the pine trees. Notable was the huge moon setting over the tree line at 9 am, and I couldn’t resist pausing for some landscape shots (see above).\u00a0 I did not see the number of woodpeckers I’d seen last month (late July) but one White-Headed Woodpecker was busily pecking away at a snag quite close to the trail.\u00a0 My goal was to walk up to a promising location where a small stream crossed the trail. I knew there were some warblers and\/or sparrows\u00a0in a nearby bush there. At first I was disappointed to see several yellow-tinged birds fly away when I approached.\u00a0 But I sat down for a while and ate my snack – and after a few minutes, with the help of pishing, a couple curious warblers ventured close to check me out.\u00a0 One was a Yellow Warbler who was the most outgoing.\u00a0 A second warbler that also came near me turned out to be a MacGillivray’s Warbler<\/strong> – I was glad to add this to my list as I knew these were considered common in the area, but I’d yet to observe one! Notice the gray “hood” and the white eye “arcs”.<\/p>\n

At around noon, I drove a bit south on 89 and then up to the Angora Lakes, which are two small alpine lakes southeast of Fallen Leaf Lake.\u00a0 To get there was a 15 mile trip on the one-lane and sometimes unpaved Angora Ridge Road.\u00a0 Driving with my sunroof open, I stopped in an area where the road was following the creek, when I heard birds singing. I found the ubiquitous Mountain Chickadees, and was just returning to my car, when I saw some chicken-sized brown birds crossing the road. I quickly determined it was a Sooty Grouse Mama with her three almost full-grown\u00a0babies.\u00a0 I realized this was the bird my brother had described to me the previous week.\u00a0 These birds were not very concerned about my presence, so I snapped several photos.\u00a0 One of the birds even plopped down to rest for a few minutes!\u00a0 I continued on the road and pulled over again atop the ridge for the dramatic view towards the south.\u00a0 I could see Fallen Leaf Lake on the opposite (north)\u00a0side of the road.\u00a0 Soon I reached the Angora Lakes parking lot and reached the lower lake after a short half mile walk.\u00a0 It was a pretty area with some cabins, and I saw several families picnicking and kayaking. At this point it was after 1pm, so I didn’t see much bird activity – just Steller Jays, Robins, Chickadees, and Mallard ducks.<\/p>\n

I observed one new species for my TBY list today.<\/p>\n

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Brown Creeper<\/p>\n

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White-headed Woodpecker<\/p>\n

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Fox Sparrow (Juvenile)<\/p>\n

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Douglas Squirrel (aka Chickaree)<\/p>\n

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Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n

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MacGillivray’s Warbler (TBY-95)<\/p>\n

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View from Angora Ridge Road, Looking South<\/p>\n

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Why Did the Sooty Grouse Cross the Road?<\/p>\n

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Sooty Grouse (Juvenile)<\/p>\n

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Sooty Grouse (Juvenile)<\/p>\n

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Upper Angora Lake<\/p>\n

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American Robin (Juvenile)<\/p>\n

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