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Spectacular birding day, Bodega Bay, early spring 2021

1/25/2022

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Marbled godwits along the shore, Bodega Bay
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Common goldeneye on the bay
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Greater scaup (as opposed to lesser?) I believe greater have a more rounded head
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Scaup on the water, Bodega Bay
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Brandt geese browsing along the shore
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Small groups of eared grebes on the water
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Male bulfflehead, Bodega Bay, early spring
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Snowy egret striking a pose, Bodega Bay
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This might be a short-billed gull, Bodega Bay
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Common loon starting to change plumage, Bodega Bay, early spring 2021
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Flocks of dunlin roosting on the shore, with the occasional sanderling, Bodega Bay
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Black turnstone taking a stroll
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Marble godwits, part of a large group resting along the shore
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Ruddy turnstones, Bodega Bay
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Dunlins and godwits, Bodega Bay
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Marbled godwits!!!!
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Willit in flight, Bodega Bay
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Mostly sanderlings I think upon the rock, Bodega Bay
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Dunlin and sanderlings along the shore, Bodega Bay
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Dunlins and sanderlings
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Ruddy turnstone and sanderlings, Bodega Bay
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A Dunlin, Bodega Bay, spring 2021
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More local Occidental birds, spring 2021

1/18/2022

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Male varied thrush in the woods near Occidental
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Another view, same bird
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Milk maid wildflowers
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Fairy slipper orchids still showing
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Redwood violet, a small spring flower
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Local wild mushroom, perhaps mycena pura? in the woods near Occidental
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Spotted Sandpiper, Bodega Bay

1/11/2022

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Spotted Sandpiper, Porto Bodego, Bodega Bay
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Other views, spotted sandpiper
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Black turnstone
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Oyster catcher, Bodega Bay
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Resting red-throated loon, Bodega bay
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Bahia Marsh in Novato, early spring 2021

1/2/2022

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Male Anna's hummer, Bahia Marsh, Novato
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Oak Titmouse.
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Another view, oak titmouse, Bahia Marsh, Novato, spring 2021
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Hutton's vireo, very actively foraging
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Another view, Hutton's vireo
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Bushtit from among a small flock making their way through the trees.
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On the hillsides, many areas full of the beautiful shooting star wildflower, Bahia Marsh, Novato
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Shooting star wildflower
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Male western bluebird, Bahia Marsh, Novatio
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Nearby, a female western bluebird
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Buttercup wildflower
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Milkmaids
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Dark-eyed junco, among a larger flock, Bahia Marsh, Novato, spring 2021
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