We left Ash, North Carolina on Februrary 5, 2012. Our first stop was San Diego, where we visited the San Diego Zoo for 3 days. On the first day of the tour we were joined by Nancy and Fran. We then drove to Half Moon Bay to visit Cindy and Chirs for 4 days. We also met Charlie and Linda while there. Then it was on to Kauai, Hawaii to visti with Chris and Bill for a little over a week. We retuned to Ash on February 22.
This web page has images of various species we were able to photograph on the trip. The first section is for the San Diego Zoo, then Half Moon Bay, and then Kauai.
1) Aracari, Curl-crested 2) Aracari, Ivory-billed 3) Babbler, Chestnut-backed Scimitar 4) Bee-eater, White-fronted
1) Bird-of-paradise, Raggiana 2) Bluebird, Fairy 3) Bowerbird, Fawn-breasted 4) Bustard, Kori
1) Buttonquail, Madagasca 2) Cardinal, Red-capped 3) Catbird, White-eared 4) Cock-of-the-Rock, Andean
1) Cordon-bleu, Blue-capped 2) Coua, Crested 3) Crane, Blue 4) Crane, Demoiselle
1) Crow, American (not zoo) 2) Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced 3) Curassow, Helmeted 4) Dacnis, Northern Blue
1) Dollarbird, Oriental 2) Dove, Black-naped Fruit 3) Dove, Emerald 4) Dove, Mariana Fruit
1) Dove, Purple Ground 2) Dove, Senegal Laughing 3) Duck, Black-bellied Whistling 4) Duck, Ferruginous
1) Duck, Knob-billed 2) Duck, Maccoa 3) Duck, Pink-eared 4) Duck, White-backed
1) Duck, White-faced Whistling 2) Eagle, African-crowned 3) Finchbill, Collared 4) Flamingo, Caribbean
1) Francolin,Yellow-necked 2) Go-away-bird, White-bellied 3) Goose, African Pygmy 4) Goose, Bar-headed
1) Grenadier, Purple 2) Grosbeak, Black-backed 3) Guineafowl, Reichenow Helmeted 4) Hammerkop
1) Hawk, Western Harris's 2) Heron, Black 3) Heron, Goliath 4) Heron, Great Blue (not zoo)
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1) Hornbill, Abyssinian Ground 2) Hornbill, Sulawesi Tarictic 3) Hornbill, White-crested 4) Hornbill, Wrinkled
1) Hummingbird, Broadbilled 2) Hwamei, Chinese 3) Ibis, Madagascar Crested 4) Ibis, Southern Bald
1) Jay, Plush-crested 2) Kingfisher, Micronesian 3) Kingfisher, White-breasted 4) Kingfisher, Woodland
1) Lapwing, Long-toed 2) Lapwing, White-headed 3) Laughingthrush, Greater Necklaced 4) Laughingthrush, Red-taaded
1) Laughingthrush, Spotted 2) Leafbird, Golden-fronted 3) Lorikeet, Blue-crowned 4) Lorikeet, Iris
1) Lory, Collared 2) Lory, Rainbow 3) Lovebird, Black-checked 4) Macaw, Hyacinth
1) Malkoha, Red-billed 2) Mannikan, Magpie 3) Motmot, Blue-crested 4) Mousebird, Speckled tbd
1) Myna, Bali 2) Oriole, African Golden 3) Oriole, Black-naped 4) Oropendola, Crested
1) Owl, Burrowing 2) Owl, Verreaux's Eagle 3) Parrot, Double-eyed 4) Parrot, Eclectus
1) Parrot, Hawk-headed 2) Partridge, Chestnut-bellied Hill 3) Peafowl, Common 4) Pelican, Dalmation
1) Pheasant, Malay Great Argus 2) Phoebe, Black (not zoo) 3) Pigeon, Collared Imperial 4) Pigeon, African Olive
1) Pigeon, Metallic 2) Pigeon, Nicobar 3) Pigeon, Papuan Mountain 4) Pigeon, Pink
1) Pigeon, Sulawesi Green Imperial 2) Pigeon, Victoria Crowned 3) Pigeon, Whte-bellied Imperial
1) Pitta, Hooded 2) Pytilia, Green-winged 3) Robin-chat, White-crowned 4) Robin-chat, Snowy-crowned
1) Roller, Racket-tailed 2) Roller, Blue-bellied 3) Screamer, Crested 4) Shama, White-rumped
1) Shelduck, South African 2) Shelduck, Common 3) Shoveler, Red 4) Shrike, Ruppells White-crowned
1) Spoonbill, African 2) Spoonbill, Roseate 3) Spoonbill, Yellow-billed 4) Starling, Emerald
1) Starling, Golden-breasted 2) Starling, Grosbeak 3) Starling, Metalic 4) Starling, Superb
1) Startling, Wattled 2) Stock, African Openbill 3) Stork, Abdim's 4) Stork, Storm's
1) Stork, White 2) Stork, Yellow-billed 3) Swan, Coscoroba 4) Tanager, Eastern Blue-necked
1) Tanager, Paradise 2) Tanager, Spotted 3) Tanager, Swallow 4) Teal, Cinnamon
1) Toucanet, Crimson-rumped 2) Towhee, California 3) Turaco, Great blue
1) Turaco, Purple-crested 2) Turaco, Red-crested 3) Turkey, Ocellated 4) Violetear, Sparkling
1) Vulture, Hooded 2) Vulture, Rueppell's Western 3) Vulture, Western Egyption 4) Warbler, Oriole
1) Waxbill, Lavender 2) Weaver, Reichnow's 3) Weaver, White-headed Buffalo 4) Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise
1) Woodhoopoe, Green 2) Woodswallow, White-breasted
1) Blackbird, Brewers 2) Duck, Ruddy 3) Godwit, Marbled 4) Gull, Heerman's
1) Gull, Herring 2) Oystercatcher, Black 3) Phoebe, Black 4) Sparrow, White-crowned
1) Surfbird 2) Turnstone, Black 3) Willet, Western 4) Whimbrel
1) Albatross, Laysan 2) Booby, Red-footed 3) Cardinal, Brazilian 4) Coot, Hawaiian
1) Dove, Spotted 2) Dove, Zebra 3) Finch, Java 4) Francolin, Erckel's
1) Frigatabird, Great 2) Heron, Black-crowned Night 3) Junglefowl 4) Mannikin, Chestnut
1) Mannikin, Nutmeg 2) Moorhen, Hawaiian 3) Nene family 4) Plover, Pacific Colden
1) Shama, White-rumped
