Nora Lake, Shasta County, CA, 5/28/06

On Sunday morning, May 28, 2006, I went to Nora Lake, a small PG&E forebay near Shingletown, to photograph Swift Forktail. I found approximately 5 males and 20 females, plus a few odds and ends.

ladybug

Ladybug tucked up under a Shasta Daisy.
pacific forktail

Young female Pacific Forktail.
pacific forktail

Young female Pacific Forktail.
pacific forktail

Andromorphic female Pacific Forktail.
pacific forktail

Male Pacific Forktail.
swift forktail

Female Swift Forktail.
swift forktail

Female Swift Forktail.
swift forktail

Male Swift Forktail.
swift forktail

Male Swift Forktail.
swift forktail

Male Swift Forktail.
striped meadowhawk

Female Striped Meadowhawk.

© 2006 Ray Bruun