 Close fly-by, white-tailed kite, Tolay Lake  White-tailed kite, Tolay Lake Petaluma  White-tailed kite eating its catch  Coyote hunting in an open field, Tolay Lake Regional Park  Pine siskin eating thistle seeds, Tolay Lake  A pair of young deer, Tolay Lake  Great egret gets a meal in the park  Hairy woodpecker in a wooded area in the park.  Close encounter ruby-crowned kinglet, Tolay Lake Regional Park Petaluma
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 Usually reclusive, nothing seemed to bother this snipe.  Snipe, by one of the ponds at Ellis Creek Water Treatment  Snipe - just interested in roosting - although a watchful eye was kept open.  Northern harrier over one of the ponds.  Common Gallinule at Ellis Creek  Male northern shoveler duck in a wing stretch, Ellis Creek Water Treatment Petaluma  Black phoebe hunting among the reeds.  Great egret with a rodent, Ellis Creek Water Treatment, Petaluma, Nov. 2020  Northern shoveler duck  Another view, northern shoveler, Ellis Creek  Northern Harrier in flight, Ellis Creek  Black Phoebe, Ellis Creek  Foraging in the reeds around the ponds, ruby crowned kinglets.  Male northern shoveler out of the water, in all his colorful glory.  Green-winged teal on one of the ponds, Ellis Creek  Female Gadwall, Ellis Creek  American bittern in flight, crossing one of the ponds, Ellis Creek  Female northern shovelor, Ellis Creek  American pipit, on the edge of one of the ponds at Ellis Creek  One of the reclusive soras made an appearance!! Ellis Creek  Among the reeds, a green heron  In the parking lot area, a large flock of cedar waxwings were foraging.  Cedar waxwing, Ellis Creek  Among my bird favorites, cedar waxwing
 The cedar waxwings were mostly eating wasps, Ellis Creek  Male Townsend warbler also foraging in the trees lining the parking lot area  Townsend warbler, Ellis Creek Water Treatment  A pair of American Avocets in flight  American wigeons, Pt. Isabel Richmond  Male wigeon duck, Pt. Isabel  Male wigeon and female grooming, Pt. Isabel  American Avocet foraging, Pt. Isabel Richmond  Savannah sparrow Pt. Isabel  Even an osprey!!!! Pt. Isabel in Richmond  Whimbrel, Pt. Isabel  Sanderlings and dunlin feeding, Pt. Isabel, Richmond  Kildeer, Pt. Isabel  White-tailed Kite, Pt. Isabel  Great egret with a sucker fish, in one of the sloughs, Pt. Isabel  Bushtit, traveling through the park, Pt. Isabel Richmond  Black-bellied plover, Pt. Isabel  Black turnstones in flight, Pt. Isabel  Double-crested cormorant in the water, Pt. Isabel  Yellowlegs tucked in for the evening, Pt. Isabel  American pipit in the park, Pt. Isabel in Richmond  AND a meadowlark! Pt. Isabel, richmond  Yellow-rumped warbler, near Campbell cove, Bodega Bay  Heermann's gulls along the bay  Noisy! Heermann's gulls, Bodega Bay  Ruby-crowned kinglet, near owl canyon, Bodega Bay  Fox sparrow near owl canyon, Bodega Bay  A small flock of bufflehead ducks on the bay.  Brown pelican in flight, November 2020  Juvenile red-tailed perched on cypress tree along the bay
 Hutton's vireo, near Hole in the head, Bodega Bay  White-crowned sparrow, Bodega Bay  Say's Phoebe, near Campbell cove, Bodega Bay, November 2020  Yellow-rumped warbler in the cypress trees along the bay.  Small flock of golden-crowned kinglets still in the area! Bodega Bay, November 2020  Osprey perched, Bodega Bay  Townsend warbler near owl canyon, Bodega Bay  Small group of golden-crowned kinglets still working shrubbery and trees near owl canyon, Bodega Bay  Showing the bright yellow stripe which gives them their name - golden crowned kinglet, Bodega Bay  Another view, golden crowned kinglet  Partial view red-breasted sapsucker, Willowcreek rd near Jenner  Red breasted sapsucker, Willowcreek rd near Jenner  American robin with a round black berry, Willowcreek rd near Jenner  Hermit thrush, also a berry lover, Willowcreek rd near Jenner  Overhead, a cooper's hawk circles  Black Phoebe, Willowcreek rd near Jenner  Golden-crowned kinglets, Owl Canyon Bodega Bay  Moving through the trees pretty fast, only got a few decent shots, golden-crowned kinglets Bodega Bay  White-tkhroated sparrow, in parking lot area, owl canyon Bodega Bay  Another view, white-throated sparrow owl canyon Bodega Bay Fall 2020 |
