 A small flock of cedar waxwings were eating berries in some parking lot trees in Sebastopol, and I had my camera with me.   Cedar Waxwing eating a tree berry.    My favorite photo in this collection: Cedar Waxwing  Cedar waxwing, Sebastopol, Jan 2020
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 Male canvasback ducks  Female canvasback, in one of the middle ponds, Ellis Creek  Another view, male canvasback  Green-winged teals, Ellis Creek  Male Gadwal duck, in the middle pond  Male ruddy duck, middle pond, Ellis Creek  Northern harrier circling over the ponds, Ellis Creek, Petaluma  Northern Harrier  Yellow-rumped warbler in the reeds, near one of the ponds  Mute swans in flight, Ellis Creek  Female Nuttall's woodpecker, Ellis Creek  Male Gadwal, pond near entrance, Ellis Creek  Male Downy woodpecker, didn't seem very shy.  Another view, male Downy woodpecker  Downy woodpecker inspecting all the tree branches, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner  Looks like a kinglet, but this is a Hutton's vireo  Another view, Hutton's vireo, Willow Creek Rd  California Towhee, Willow Creek rd  A large chattering flock of pine siskins, Willow Creek Rd  A bushtit among the branches, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner  Common goldeneye ducks on the bay, January 2020  Yellow-rumped warbler, Bodega Bay  Wintering over osprey, actively hunting, Bodega Bay  Great Blue Heron on the bay  Male and female bufflehead in flight, Bodega Bay, January 2020  Black Phoebe along the shore  Snowy egret in flight  Male bufflehead duck on the bay  Peregrine falcon! Perched in cyprus tree near the shore, Bodega Bay January 2020  Meadow larks along a fence, Tolay Lake  Downy woodpecker  Meadowlark in flight, Tolay Lake  White-tailed kite actively hunting in the distance  Savannah sparrow  Northern harrier  Northern harrier, hoping to surprise its prey.  Savannah sparrow among the black berries  Goldfinch in the park   Thistles and dried grasses support these birds through the winter in the park.  Killdeer in an open field.  Say's Phoebe near the parking lot, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma  Sanderling and a least sandpiper. bodega bay  Semi-palmated sandpiper, Bodega Bay  Sandpipers in flight, Bodega Bay, January 2020  Red-throated loon? Bodega Bay  Horned grebe, Bodega bay  Scaup ducks, mostly  Snowy egret at the bay, Jan 2020  Marbled godwit, Bodega bay  Willet, Bodega Bay  Surf scoter in the bay, Jan 2020  Red-shouldered hawk on a favorite perch, near the park entrance  Red-tailed hawk in flight, Bodega Bay January 2020  In the distance along the trail to the beach, a male northern harrier perched in the shrubbery.  Yellow-rumped warbler, clearly showing the characteristic from which it gets its name.  Golden-crowned sparrow, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Lots of ruby-crowned kinglets in the shrubbery next to the trail, active and easy to photograph.   Lincoln's sparrow, Abbott's Lagoon Pt. Reyes   Sanderling near the lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Say's Phoebe, Abbott's Lagoon  American Pipit catching sand fleas on the beach, Pt. Reyes  Savannah sparrow in the thick beach grasses, Pt. Reyes Abbott's Lagoon  Western sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon  Horned grebes, Abbott's Lagoon  Sanderlings worked the ocean beach waves for small crustaceans.  Sanderling  Sanderling among the froth from the waves, ocean side, Pt. Reyes  Sanderling inspecting a possible morsel, Pt. Reyes  Small flock of coots on the water, Abbott's Lagoon Pt. Reyes  Contemplative least sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon  Black phoebe hunting by the water, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Male ruby-crowned kinglet - usually there's a female kinglet that winters with the suet feeders, but this last winter there was this male with his red cap kinglet.  Another view, male ruby-crowned kinglet, near Occidental  Always have a couple, sometimes more, Townsend warblers through the winter at the feeders.  I think this is a female Townsend warbler, near Occidental  Male Townsend warbler, most consistent visitor to the mainly suet feeders.   A third Townsend individual? A different amount of black under the chin.  Year round male Anna's hummingbird stays near the deck feeders, near Occidental  December 2019 - Female Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park, Windsor Rare bird sighting - at the time I didn't realize what this bird was, or I might have tried to pursue it for more photos! However it did seem very shy and flew off deeper into the woods as soon as it spotted me. I did submit it to ebird at the time. This is from December 2019!  Brown creeper, Shiloh Ranch Park  Oak Titmouse, Shiloh Ranch Park  Lincoln's sparrow!  Golden-crowned sparrow, Shiloh Ranch Park  In the pond at the top of the creekside trail, a small flock of hooded mergansers.  Male hooded mergansers, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park Windsor  Says's Phoebe, Shiloh Ranch  Lincoln's sparrow in the pond reeds in the park  Female purple finch  Another Lincoln's sparrow, near the pond  Male golden-crowned kinglet  High in the dark canopy of the trees on the way back down the creek trail at Shiloh Regional Park, a small flock of golden-crowned kinglets - photo quality only good enough for a positive i.d. of these small, flighty birds.  American Robin, Shiloh Ranch Park  Townsend warbler, along the road back to the parking lot, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park  Female Red-shafted northern flicker, near the parking lot, Shiloh Ranch  Same bird, different view, displaying its red-shafted tail feathers.  Shy hermit thrush, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park Windsor  Bodega Bay - great place to see the magnificent Peregrine Falcon  Peregrine Falcon, Bodega Bay  I think this is a red-throated loon, non-breeding, Bodega Bay  Common winter ducks on the bay, two male Buffleheads.  Pied billed grebe with a small sea worm, Bodega Bay  Possible Clark's grebe, Bodega Bay  By the side of the road, a small ruby-crowned kinglet, Bodega Bay |