 Horned grebe, breeding plumage, Bodega Bay, from May 2021  Another view, horned grebe
 Pair of ruddy ducks! Bodega Bay  Western grebe, Bodega Bay  Common loon in breeding plumage, Bodega Bay, May 2021  Cowbird - near Campbell Cove, Bodega Bay  Indian paintbrush growing along the bay.  Peregrine Falcon!!! A banded bird along the coast, May 2021
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 Steller's Jay, near Occidental  Female or Juvenile Allen's hummingbird, May 2021
 Anna's hummer, keeping a watch out near the feeders, May 2021  Anna's hummer at one of the feeders, near Occidental  Male Allen's hummer, May 2021  This shot of the tail feathers shows definitely Allen's hummer and not Rufous  Male black-headed grosbeak, near Occidental  Male black-headed grosbeak approaching sunflower seed feeder, May 2021
 Male Bullock's Oriole, Santa Rosa Creek Trail, Santa Rosa  Another view  Male Bullock's Oriole, Santa Rosa  Male Bullock's Oriole, Santa Rosa Creek Trail  Spotted Towhee, Santa Rosa Creek Trail  Yellow-rump warbler along the trail.  Male Lesser goldfinch in the poison oak!  Male Downy woodpecker, Santa Rosa Creek Trail  Female violet-green swallow  This is a female or juvenile Bullock's Oriole I believe. April 2021  Female Nuttall's woodpecker along the trail  Western bluebird! Santa Rosa Creek Trail  Red-shouldered hawk, Santa Rosa Creek Trail, Spring 2021  Male Wilson's warbler
 Wild forget-me-not flowers in the woods
 Orange mushroom in the redwoods  Purple Trillium, near Occidental  Female Western bluebird with nest material, Graton  Female western bluebird leaving the nest box, Graton, April 2021
 Female Nuttall's woodpecker, same location  White-breasted nuthatch, Graton, April 2021  Hairy woodpecker, Ragle Ranch Regional Park, Sebastopol
 Bullock's orioles, Ragle Park Sebastopol  Another view, Bullock's oriole.  A small meadow in the park full of these wildflowers, possibly white meadowfoam.  Singing warbling vireo, Ragle Park Sebastopol   Cedar waxwings in the park!  Brown creeper with a green worm, Ragle Park  Brown creeper taking insects from a spider web. In their traveling up and down the tree trunks, what the webs have caught is fair game. Ragle Park, Sebastopol.  Male hooded oriole in tall palm tree in Cotati, these birds nest in this tree every year.  Male hooded oriole, Cotati, April 2021
 Male Hooded Oriole, also known as Palm orioles, Cotati backyard  White-tailed kite, Tolay Lake  Tree swallows in the park  Male Tree Swallow - great park in which to see these beautiful birds close up  Northern mockingbird, Tolay Lake  Douglas Meadowfoam wildflowers bloom in the park in the spring. This is the only place I have seen them.  Large swathes of Douglas Meadowfoam
 House finches in the park  Red-winged black bird  Western bluebirds nest in the park, competing for the nest boxes with the tree swallows.  Fiddleneck wildflower Tolay Lake  California Towhee on a fence post  Male Downy woodpecker  Another view, male Downy woodpecker, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma  Male Downy woodpecker, Graton, CA  White-breasted nuthatch approaching the feeder  Male Downy at the deck suet feeder, Graton CA  Male Nuttall's negotiating an approach  Another view, male Nuttall's woodpecker  Old birdhouse on property being used by western bluebirds, here is the male  Male Western bluebird, Graton  Beautiful male Western Bluebird, hanging out on the bird house porch  Female Nuttall's woodpecker viewing access to feeder  Closer look, female Nuttall's woodpecker  Female Nuttall's  Male Nuttall's woodpecker, nice to see these birds so close up, in Graton CA
 While I was leaving the yard, an encounter with a perky Bewick's wren, Graton, April 2021  Male Allen's hummer at the deck feeder, near Occidental  Pileated woodpecker in the woods near Occidental
 Redwood violets in bloom along the path
 Spotted corals in bud, Occidental
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