The Pond at Elephant Head

A morning with co-birder Darlene at Bill Forbes’s Elephant Head pond, just around the corner from Madera Canyon (Bill’s website is www.phototrap.com).  This very interesting bit of restored wildlife habitat is accessible by reservation, and has more Lark Buntings than I’ve ever seen at a single feeder: at one point there were 150 crowded onto the seed pile!  Great place to watch (or to photograph) individuals in a tremendous variety of plumages, and it should only get better as spring approaches and the males get blacker.