 This great blue heron at Bodega Bay seemed to have caught a glob of seaweed.  It brought its bundle of seaweed closer to the shore in order to manage it - and the mouth of a small fish can be seen.  Shaking the seaweed off, there is indeed a small fish!  Great Blue Heron, striding away with its catch, Bodega Bay  There's some negotiating to be done before the fish can be swallowed.    It was quickly down the hatch after this - Great Blue Heron, Bodega Bay
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 In the fall and winter months, the yellow-rumped warbler is the most common small bird in the area.  Yellow-rumped warbler, Bodega Bay  Male red-breasted merganser with two females, Bodega Bay.  Gulls squabble over a crab   Red-shouldered hawk by the shore  Least sandpipers, Bodega Bay  A group of male and female buffleheads in calm waters on the bay (and a single eared grebe)  Peregrine Falcon! Flew right towards me and made a low pass overhead.  Peregrine Falcon, Bodega Bay  Juvenile red-tailed hawk on fence post, along the road to Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Female American Kestrel, along the road, Pt. Reyes National Seashore  White-crowned sparrow, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Female California quail on the path.  Savannah sparrow! Abbott's Lagoon  Semipalmated plover in flight  Semipalmated plover, Abbott's Lagoon  Western sandpiper feeding along the shore  Semipalmated plover  Least sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon  Snowy plover, in the sands near the ocean side of Abbott's Lagoon  This little snowy plover was banded.  Snowy plover, Abbott's Lagoon, Fall 2018  Leaving the beach, I pass the semi-palmated plovers again.  Semipalmated plover, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  There were also a few sanderlings among the shorebirds near the pond area of the Lagoon  And also American pipits hunting for food among the grasses in the sands  A white tailed kite flew over, Abbott's Lagoon  Deer in an open field near parking area, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes National Seashore |