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More from Bodega Bay, August 2019

1/26/2020

I think these are long billed curlews in flight, Bodega bay

Snowy plovers still on the beach at Doran Regional Park

So were the sanderlings, single bird in breeding plumage, Doran Beach

Sanderling, breeding plumage, Doran Beach

Heermann's gull, Doran Beach

Immature Heermann's gull, Doran Beach

Red-necked phalaropes still in the Bay, near Doran Beach

A lone whimbrel on the beach, Doran Regional Park

Sanderling in the surf, Doran Beach

Western snowy plover, Doran Beach

Pelagic cormorant on nest with young chicks, Bodega Head cliffs

Brown pelican in flight, Bodega Bay

Red-necked Phalaropes, Bodega Bay (from August 2019)

1/20/2020

Red-necked phalarope, possibly a juvenile, Bodega Bay August 2019

Red-necked phalarope, Bodega Bay

Sanderlings in breeding plumage, Doran Beach, Bodega Bay

Western snowy plover, Doran Beach

Western snowy plover

Small flock of whimbrels on the beach, Bodega Bay

Whimbrels, Doran Beach Bodega Bay

Sanderlings, breeding plumage, doran beach

Sanderling, Doran Beach

Osprey actively hunting over Bodega Bay

More Cazadero birds, August 2019

1/17/2020

Western Tanager, Cazadero

Western tanager with bug, Cazadero

Wrentit making its way back to a nest, Cazadero

Lark sparrow, Cazadero

California quail on the lookout post, Cazadero

Female black-headed grosbeak, Cazadero

Female Lazuli bunting, King Ridge Rd, Cazadero

Lesser goldfinch in the thistle seeds, Cazadero

Fledged barn swallow on a fence wire, Cazadero

Western tanager, Cazadero, August 2019

More from King Ridge Rd, Cazadero

1/13/2020

Female Lazuli Bunting, King Ridge Rd, Cazadero

Female lazuli bunting, beak stained from eating black berries

More distant shot, male Lazuli bunting

Cassin's vireo, Cazadero

Cassin's vireo, King Ridge Rd, Cazadero

Warbling vireo, King Ridge Rd Cazadero

White-breasted nuthatch, Cazadero

House wren near an old barn, King Ridge Rd Cazadero

Wrentit, Cazadero

Fledged tree swallow youngster on a fence post, Cazadero

Lark sparrow, King Ridge Rd Cazadero

Lark sparrow with a beak full of bugs for a nearby nest, King Ridge Rd Cazadero

Western tanager, King Ridge Rd

Female or juvenile black headed grosbeak, King Ridge Rd Cazadero

Male Wilson's warbler, King Ridge Rd

Fledged Lazuli bunting, King Ridge Rd

Western Tanager, King Ridge Rd, Cazadero

1/9/2020

Male western tanager with insect, King Ridge Rd, Cazadero -July 2019

Another view, male western tanager, Cazadero

Female western tanager, Cazadero

Fledged juvenile western tanager, King Ridge Rd

Violet green swallows in the same area, taking care of fledged youngsters, July 2019 Cazadero

Female violet-green swallow

Female western tanager with bee

Las Gallinas Valley Water Treatment, San Rafael

1/9/2020

Finches on a tree branch, Las Gallinas San Rafael

Great Blue Heron, Las Gallinas

Female downy woodpecker, Las Gallinas water treatment

Fledged barn swallow chick waiting for parent to deliver food, Las Gallinas

Barn swallow youngster, Las Gallinas San Rafael

Female great tailed grackle at the Las Gallinas water treatment plant

Male northern harrier in flight over the settlement ponds

Osprey overhead! Las Gallinas

Juvenile mute swans in the first pond, Las Gallinas San Rafael

Adult mute swan with youngster, Las Gallinas Valley water treatement San Rafael

Cassin's Vireo, Ragle Ranch Regional Park, Sebastopol

1/7/2020

Cassin's vireo with a bug, Ragle Park, Sebastopol

This park is usually pretty good for vireos...from July 2019

Through the branches, a male Wilson's Warbler, Ragle Ranch Park Sebastopol

In the top branches of a tall tree, a cooper's hawk, Ragle Park Sebastopol

Warbling vireo, Ragle Park Sebastopol

Pacific slope flycatcher, Ragle Ranch Park

Heermann's Gull, Bodega Bay

1/5/2020

On a foggy morning at the coast, a flock of Heermann's gulls, Bodega Bay

The gray coloring on the head indicates a non-breeding adult

Heermann's gull in flight

First year Heermann's Gull, Bodega Bay

Heermann's gulls, Bodega Bay July 2019

Male American Goldfinch, Bodega Bay

Lincoln's sparrow, Campbell Cove, Bodega Bay

Immature Great Blue Heron, Bodega Bay, July 2019

In the woods near Occidental

1/4/2020

Juvenile hermit thrush

Wilson's warbler - juvenile molting to adult colors? In the woods near Occidental

Mature Wilson's warbler

Lesser goldfinch

Hooded Oriole, in Cotati backyard where they have a nest

1/3/2020

Male hooded oriole - with the nest active, it was difficult to get any close up photos of the adult birds, which were being very cautious

Another view, male hooded oriole

They weave a nest from the palm fronds, here is one chick in the nest

Hooded oriole chick in nest, Cotati backyard