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Armstrong Woods in Guerneville full of varied thrushes

3/13/2023

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Varied thrush, Armstrong woods, Guerneville
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One of my favorite birds, the varied thrush
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More views, varied thrush, Guerneville
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Varied thrush on the ground, Armstrong Woods
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Male varied thrush, Armstrong woods Guerneville
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Also in the park, the small but full of character Douglas squirrel
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Douglas squirrel, Armstrong woods Guerneville
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Some birds from Ellis creek water treatment, Petaluma

3/4/2023

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Red--shouldered hawk, Ellis Creek
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Greater yellow-legs in one of the ponds, Ellis Creek, Petaluma
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Savannah sparrow in the brush.
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Common goldeneye, Ellis Creek
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Mute swan, second pond at Ellis Creek water treatment, Petaluma
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Cinnamon teal, Ellis Creek water treatment ponds
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American coot, always a small flock of these in the ponds.
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Green winged teal, Ellis Creek
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Some winter birds, Willow creek rd near Jenner

3/3/2023

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Fox sparrow
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Chestnut backed chickadee, willow creek rd near Jenner
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Spotted towhee willow creek rd
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American robin, willow creek rd
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Hutton's vireo, this is a good area to get to see this bird
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Peregrine falcon! Willow creek rd near Jenner, February 2022
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Peregrine Falcon at the coast, winter 2021

2/26/2023

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Peregrine falcon, Doran Regional Park, Bodega Bay
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Another view, peregrine falcon
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Male and female common goldeneyes on the bay.
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Male common goldeneyes, Bodega Bay
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Horned grebe, Bodega bay
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White-crowned sparrow, salmon creek rd near the town of Bodega
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American robin, Salmon creek rd, Bodega
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Ruby-crowned kinglet, Bodega
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Bodega Bay continued, from November 2021

2/20/2023

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Anna's hummer at a flowering plant, Bodega Bay
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Another view, Anna's hummer
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Anna's hummingbird working its way around a flowering stalk, Bodega Bay
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Short-billed gull, Bodega Bay
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Common loon in the bay
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Juvenile western gull, I believe.
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Long-billed dowitcher among a larger flock of shorebirds, Bodega Bay
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Marbled godwit, Bodega Bay
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Dunlin shorebirds in the bay
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More birds from the coast, early Fall 2021

2/17/2023

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Belted kingfisher with a fish, Bodega Bay
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Another view, belted kingfisher
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Eared grebe, Bodega Bay
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Male common godeneye, Bodega Bay
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Common goldeneyes, a winter duck at Bodega Bay
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Male bufflehead duck, also wintering Bodega Bay
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Red-breasted mergansers in the bay, 2021
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A pair of common loons, Bodega Bay
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Ellis Creek Water Treatment, Petaluma

2/11/2023

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Northern shoveler ducks in one of the ponds
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Yellow-rumped warbler, showing how it gets its name.
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Northern harrier circling overhead, Ellis Creek
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Scaly-breasted munia! Small flock, only realized what they were tardily, just to see them mostly take off, managed only this one slightly out of focus photo
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Say's phoebe, Ellis Creek Water treatment
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Bufflehead duck
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Green-winged teals in the first pond
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American kestrel fly-by, Ellis Creek Water Treatment, Petaluma
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Early Fall 2021 Las Gallinas water treatment, San Rafael

2/7/2023

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Northern pintail duck in the third pond
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Northern Pintail
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Small flock of red-necked phalaropes also on pond 3
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Ring-billed gull, pond three, Las Gallinas
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Cackling geese at Las Gallinas
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Spotted sandpiper!
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Actively fishing along the shore of the third pond, a spotted sandpiper
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Spotted sandpiper withe a small fish
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Peanut gallery of european starlings, near the parking lot, Las Gallinas water treatment, September 2021
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Franklin's Gull, Bodega Bay, late August 2021 -rare bird sighting

2/4/2023

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Franklin's gull, Bodega Bay. Doran Beach, late August 2021
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Rare bird sighting for this area, Franklin's Gull
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Small gull, noticeable from the larger flock of gulls it was associating with.
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Franklin's gull, Bodega Bay
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Seemed tired and hungry
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Franklin's gull
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Franklin's gull Bodega Bay, late August 2021, Doran Beach
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MacGillivray's warbler, Owl Canyon Bodega Bay, Fall 2021

1/27/2023

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MacGillivray's warbler, owl canyon Bodega Bay, early fall 2021
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Another view
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Yellow warbler, Hole in the Head Bodega Bay
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Yellow warbler, Bodega Bay
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Yellow warbler, early Fall 2021
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Scruffy looking spotted Towhee, behind Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay
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Black Phoebe, Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay
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Srub Jay, Bodega Bay
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American goldfinch, Bodega Bay
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