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American Avocet, Shollenberger Park, Petaluma

11/7/2015

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Nice two mile walk through open grassland, and bordering the Petaluma river and a wetlands area.
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American Avocet - this coloring is supposed to indicate a non-breeding male
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Also in the wetlands area of the park, the long-billed curlew
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Long-billed curlew takes flight over the avocet
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Flocks of small shorebirds, I think these might be Dunlins
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Also, green-winged teals were feeding in the area
On another day, early morning stroll through the Laguna
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Great Blue Heron flies over the Laguna pond
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Northern shovelers feeding, the Laguna pond
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Also, green-winged teals
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Juvenile red-tail hawk
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Flying over the Laguna, a juvenile red-tail hawk
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I think this is a Lincoln's sparrow, just learning about this bird
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American robin grooms itself in a sunny spot, the Laguna
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Yellow-rumped warbler shows how it gets its name
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American kestrel in a tree top
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Two snowy egrets in flight over the park
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White-crowned sparrow
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Female western bluebird, the Laguna
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In the front yard at the house, a different ruby-crowned kinglet samples the feeders, this one showing a more pronounced red stripe
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andrea
11/13/2015 08:38:30 pm

I think I saw what looked like a white tailed hawk flying over our property last week but we were stumped identifying it. I read that their territory is in Texas and parts south??? Love that egret with the water reflection on the wings! You have amassed an amazing variety of critters

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