Imperial County, California, US
San Diego County, California, US
Dismal day. stopped at Ridge View Park to see which ducks are are in the small lake
Black diving bird with a bright orange hooked beak with a hook on the tip. Long legs and neck.
Double crested is on the right
with Island Imperial Pigeons
I'd heard there were cool lichens up on San Bruno, so I was pleasantly unsurprised to find a new-to-me lichen up there. This definitely doesn't have the hairy lobe tips of L. hallii, so I feel pretty good about the ID. There is one record of this species from Marin, but it seems like it might be unusual around the Bay.