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Today I returned to Cove East in South Lake Tahoe, specifically to try and see more shorebirds.\u00a0 Dropping my friend off at the Reno airport for an early flight made it easy to get there early, and it was fairly empty when I arrived at Cove East just after 7 am.\u00a0 I did not find all the bird activity I hoped for, but I again saw large flocks of the weird-looking White-faced Ibis.\u00a0 Yellow-rumped warblers (as in photo above) were numerous and the young ones friendly – they were easy to draw out by making “pishing” noises.\u00a0 I observed the typical array of ducks including Mallards, Gadwalls, Green-winged teals, and Pied-billed Grebes..\u00a0 My one new find, albeit at some distance, was the Black-necked Stilt<\/strong>.\u00a0 I have seen these often in the SF Bay area but this was my first time seeing it in Lake Tahoe.\u00a0 On a large rock near the walking path I saw a juvenile Northern Flicker who was very fluffy and seemed a tad nervous.<\/p>\n My next stop was the trail near Fallen Leaf Lake.\u00a0 Before I’d seen a number of woodpeckers in this area, and I wasn’t disappointed.\u00a0 I saw several White-headed Woodpeckers, a male Williamson’s Sapsucker, and a Hairy Woodpecker.\u00a0 I also saw nuthatches, chickadees, and a Western Wood Pewee.\u00a0 The aspens at the shore of the lake were gorgeous in the breeze, so I switched to some landscape photography as the birds were pretty quiet.<\/p>\n Today I added\u00a01 species to my Tahoe Big Year\u00a0list.<\/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\/10\/JDP-TBY-20180911-8535.jpg” title_text=”Click to zoom in.” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.17.2″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”40px||5px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Image Caption” _builder_version=”3.17.2″ text_font=”||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Williamson’s Sapsucker – Fallen Leaf Lake<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.judyduffyphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/JDP-TBY-20180911-8656.jpg” title_text=”Click to zoom in.” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.17.2″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”10px||5px|” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Image Caption” _builder_version=”3.17.2″ text_font=”||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”0px||0px|” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n Aspens near Fallen Leaf Lake<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”on” background_color=”#ffffff” parallax_method_1=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.105″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Gallery Container” _builder_version=”3.17.2″ text_font_size=”20″ link_text_color=”#000000″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”]<\/p>\n