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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kibet" data-source="post: 3495270" data-attributes="member: 126488">I put the trips I was planning on the California board. If there was a walk from the Golden Gate Audubon Society, I typically scheduled it to attend.  These walks are marked “(GGAS)” in the report. The vast majority of the time I used public transport as most sites were close to or in the city and I did not want to worry about driving in the US. Most travel was under 10 dollars for the day, some under 5 dollars. When I spent more, I will mention it. In all, my cost of travel during the week was 220 USD (70 Clipper (BART/BUS), 130 Uber (one large trip between hotels, otherwise it would be 100) and 20 on Airport Shuttle). I have a tendency to shorten names, but hope they become obvious. I have used the proper names too. Examples are California Scrub Jays becoming Scrubbies, and Californian Towhees becoming Cal Tows. Sometimes the American Crows and American Coots, are just referred to as Crows and Coots. Do not take it as I was seeing Carrion Crows or Eurasian Coots. I arrived on Day 0, so Day 1 is start of the birdwatching. Sites visited on that day are giving in the subtitle.I am an opportunistic birder, so if I come across something then “great”, if not, then “ah well”. Also, to pre warn, I will be talking about other things in the report that were memorable and what I seen will not be exhaustive, as I am typically not a list taker. I did set a goal of 56 species to photograph, simply to take me above the 300 mark. They did not need to be good pictures, they are typically just for me.  All shots were using a Canon 7D MKII with 400mm 5.6L.Paraphrasing Leslie Neilsen, I do not look to take good pictures to feel bad, I look to take bad pictures but feel good. </blockquote>

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