Tracking Down Southern California's Specialty Birds!

In February, we went to Southern California to see if we could find some bird species that can only be seen in the western United Sates, including the California Gnatcatcher, Ridgway's Rail, and Short-billed Gull. Check out “The Birding Game" here: https://www.thebirdinggame.com Use code BADGERLAND for 40% off Join our FREE communities Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/15w41xWVZL/ Discord: https://discord.gg/bZXD6ZwhnH Special thanks to our members Liz McQuaid, Sarah Coffey, Scott, Barbara Cole, and Sarah! You can support us on Ko-fi here! https://ko-fi.com/badgerlandbirding Gear Links (As Amazon Associates or other affiliates we do earn from qualifying purchases) OM-SYTEM OM-1 Mark II and 150-600mm lens https://explore.omsystem.com/us/en/catalogsearch/result/?q=+OM-1+Mark+II Panasonic LUMIX FZ80 4K Digital Camera Used for most bird videos) - check credits as we do source some photos/videos elsewhere which is noted in the description https://amzn.to/3GZl3Mu Cayer FP2450 Fluid Head Tripod, 75 inches Aluminium Tripod Derek's lighter tripod https://amzn.to/3suX5CK Nikon D5300 Derek's vlogging and macro camera https://amzn.to/3HF8jeh Rode VideoMicPro Compact Directional On-Camera Microphone Derek's external microphone for Nikon D5300 https://amzn.to/3oH8YnS Connect with us! https://badgerlandbirding.wordpress.com https://www.instagram.com/badgerlandbirding/ https://www.facebook.com/BadgerlandBirding https://www.tiktok.com/@badgerlandbirding\ Rail in cover image and images at 0:29, 1:47, 3:02, and 3:14 by Becky Matsubara CC by 4.0, edited: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en Gull in cover image by Polinova (CC by 4.0, edited) Gnatcatcher in cover image by Elena Oey (Canva Pro License, edited) All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann Some photos used under the following licenses: CC by 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Public Domain (PD): https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/ #Birding #BirdWatching #BadgerlandBirding