Gallery
Check the awe-inspiring gallery section of Whelan Lake Bird Sanctuary. Enjoy the sights of a variety of beautiful birds, from eagles and hawks to ducks and geese. Get up close and personal with these amazing creatures and get lost in the serenity of nature.
Lake Photos
Cooper’s Hawk (immature)
Great Blue Heron
House Wren
Vermilion Flycatcher (young male)
White-tailed Kite
Black Phoebe
American Pipit
Vermilion Flycatcher (female)
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher (female)
Cinnamon Teal
Tree Swallow
Eastern Phoebe
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Marsh Wren
American Kestrel
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
History Photos
Pio Pico
Ellen Whelan and her dog in a truck 1978
The old barn - back
Truck and birds on the north side of the lake
John Whelan pushing Ellen Whelan's truck through the mud
Side view of the old barn
Adobe structure at the lake
The Whelan house - front
The Whelan house - back
Ellen Douglas Whelan and her dogs
Aerial view of the lake in 1937
The Barn - front