
A Golden Eagle, being harassed by some small birds, made a couple of low passes over my position, while on a hike in Tolay Lake park.

![]() A Golden Eagle, being harassed by some small birds, made a couple of low passes over my position, while on a hike in Tolay Lake park. ![]() Thinking two chunky birds at the top of a bare tree in the park were scrub jays, I didn't give them much attention, just snapped one photo, but when they took off, I realized they were not Jays - they were Loggerhead Shrikes! - Tolay Lake Regional Park is one location where they are known to be seen! Hopefully, I can get some better photos on a return visit.
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One year, western bluebirds were in this tree nest; this year, earlier, a pair of oak titmouse raised their young; now the Violet-green swallows are using it! ![]() This was a real treat on my visit with Andrea, to go with a small group to photograph the resident nesting Osprey - there was supposed to be a five day old chick in the nest, but it was too small to make an appearance. ![]() Earlier in the day, in the midst of the Watsonville farmlands, a couple of barn swallows sat nicely for the camera An early evening walk through the orchards, and found many quail about, and even some chicks! ![]() This male appeared, right after the chicks disappeared into the grasses, ready to take on any predators Finally, the Pacific Slope Flycather - I think this is a young bird, in the lower orchard along a privately wooded area. Small migratory summer visitor, olive colored, likes to hang out in wooded canopies, difficult to see until it moves. Has a distinctive two tone whistle-like call. Also, in the same area, I heard and finally saw some brown creepers. I think there is a nest in here somewhere, but I could never pinpoint it. Here is a brown creeper with a beak full of bugs, surely going to a nest. (below)
The resident red-tail hawk makes a low pass...
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