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Willow Creek Rd near Jenner, early January 2020

6/28/2020

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Male Downy woodpecker, didn't seem very shy.
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Another view, male Downy woodpecker
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Downy woodpecker inspecting all the tree branches, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner
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Looks like a kinglet, but this is a Hutton's vireo
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Another view, Hutton's vireo, Willow Creek Rd
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California Towhee, Willow Creek rd
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A large chattering flock of pine siskins, Willow Creek Rd
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A bushtit among the branches, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner
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Winter 2020 birds, Bodega Bay

6/24/2020

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Common goldeneye ducks on the bay, January 2020
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Yellow-rumped warbler, Bodega Bay
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Wintering over osprey, actively hunting, Bodega Bay
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Great Blue Heron on the bay
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Male and female bufflehead in flight, Bodega Bay, January 2020
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Black Phoebe along the shore
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Snowy egret in flight
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Male bufflehead duck on the bay
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Peregrine falcon! Perched in cyprus tree near the shore, Bodega Bay January 2020
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January walk, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma

6/15/2020

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Meadow larks along a fence, Tolay Lake
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Downy woodpecker
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Meadowlark in flight, Tolay Lake
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White-tailed kite actively hunting in the distance
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Savannah sparrow
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Northern harrier
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Northern harrier, hoping to surprise its prey.
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Savannah sparrow among the black berries
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Goldfinch in the park
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Thistles and dried grasses support these birds through the winter in the park.
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Killdeer in an open field.
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Say's Phoebe near the parking lot, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
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Bodega Bay January 2020

6/10/2020

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Sanderling and a least sandpiper. bodega bay
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Semi-palmated sandpiper, Bodega Bay
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Sandpipers in flight, Bodega Bay, January 2020
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Red-throated loon? Bodega Bay
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Horned grebe, Bodega bay
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Scaup ducks, mostly
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Snowy egret at the bay, Jan 2020
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Marbled godwit, Bodega bay
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Willet, Bodega Bay
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Surf scoter in the bay, Jan 2020
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Red-shouldered hawk on a favorite perch, near the park entrance
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Red-tailed hawk in flight, Bodega Bay January 2020
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Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes, late December 2019

6/5/2020

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In the distance along the trail to the beach, a male northern harrier perched in the shrubbery.
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Yellow-rumped warbler, clearly showing the characteristic from which it gets its name.
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Golden-crowned sparrow, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes
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Lots of ruby-crowned kinglets in the shrubbery next to the trail, active and easy to photograph.
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Lincoln's sparrow, Abbott's Lagoon Pt. Reyes
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Sanderling near the lagoon, Pt. Reyes
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Say's Phoebe, Abbott's Lagoon
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American Pipit catching sand fleas on the beach, Pt. Reyes
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Savannah sparrow in the thick beach grasses, Pt. Reyes Abbott's Lagoon
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Western sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon
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Horned grebes, Abbott's Lagoon
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Sanderlings worked the ocean beach waves for small crustaceans.
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Sanderling among the froth from the waves, ocean side, Pt. Reyes
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Sanderling inspecting a possible morsel, Pt. Reyes
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Small flock of coots on the water, Abbott's Lagoon Pt. Reyes
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Contemplative least sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon
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Black phoebe hunting by the water, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes
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