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Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol - with a persimmon tree

8/6/2020

Western bluebird laying claim to a very ripe persimmon, Ragle Ranch Regional Park, Sebastopol

American robin, a great lover of fruits and berries.

Cedar Waxwing - almost always in a small flock, joining the other fruit and berry loving birds

Cedar waxwings, persimmon tree, Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol

Cedar Waxwing

Hermit thrush, more shy, but also near any fruit or berries ripening in the fall and winter months.

Western bluebird, persimmon tree, Ragle Park, Sebastopol

This was a surprise visiort, a small townsend warbler, persimmon tree, Ragle Park

Other birds in the park, a resident red-shouldered hawk.

Oak titmouse peering through the branches.

Golden crowned sparrow, Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol

Some winter birds by the deck, near Occidental

7/24/2020

Pygmy nuthatch

Male lesser goldfinch, a small flock winters near the feeders, near Occidental

The townsend warblers come out of the woods, they like the suet feeders, near Occidental

Spotted Towhee

The first migratory hummers have shown up, male rufous or Allen's - I think this one turned out to be a rufous

Migratory hummingbird visitor, near Occidental

Red-breasted nuthatch

A resident male Anna's hummingbird.

Male purple finch - more show up in the spring near the feeders.

All year round, a family group of Acorn woodpeckers.

Short January walk through the Laguna de Santa Rosa

7/20/2020

Red-shouldered hawk on a trail sign, in the Laguna de Santa Rosa

White-tailed kite, Laguna de Santa Rosa

White-crowned sparrow along the trail

Golden-crowned sparrow in the Laguna

Male western bluebird

Yellow rumped warbler, the Laguna de Santa Rosa

Black-crowned night heron, at roost in the Laguna

Great Egret coming in for a landing.

Oak titmouse, the Laguna de Santa Rosa

Male Common Goldeneye, Bodega Bay

7/11/2020

In my experience, it is more unusual to see the male common goldeneye on Bodega Bay, and finally did see one mid January 2020

Male Common Goldeneye duck, Bodega Bay

California Towhee, Bodega Bay

Golden-crowned sparrow, Bodega Bay

Male Northern Harrier at the bay

Male Northern Harrier, Bodega Bay

Cedar Waxwings, Sebastopol, January 2020

7/8/2020

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

Ellis Creek Water Treatment, Petaluma, January 2020

7/1/2020

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

Willow Creek Rd near Jenner, early January 2020

6/28/2020

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

Winter 2020 birds, Bodega Bay

6/24/2020

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

January walk, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma

6/15/2020

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

Bodega Bay January 2020

6/10/2020

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