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Male Northern Harrier, Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay

9/24/2017

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Also know as "grey ghosts", the male northern harrier at Hole in the Head Bodega Bay
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Another view, male northern harrier Bodega Bay
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Osprey, Bodega Bay
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A balancing Willet, Bodega Bay
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Snoozing Heermann's gulls, Drake's Bay, Point Reyes
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American Kestrel near Drake's beach, point reyes national seashore
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Two black-bellied plovers, Bodega Bay, the male still in breeding plumage.
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Male Downy woodpecker, near Bodega Bay
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Non-breeding male goldfinch, Hole in the Head, Bodega
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On a day when the waters of Bodega Bay are as clear as glass, a flock of sandpipers are perfectly mirrored.
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Ring-billed gull, Bodega Bay
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Western sandpipers in flight, Bodega Bay
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Great Blue Heron, Bodega Bay
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Young male Indigo Bunting, Hole in the Head Bodega Bay

9/16/2017

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Over a month ago, at the very beginning of the fall migration, a young male indigo bunting, Hole in the Head Bodega.
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Obviously eating the blackberries, male Indigo bunting, Bodega Bay
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Some hint of its electric blue coloring, Indigo Bunting
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Spooked a barn owl, Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay
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Another view, barn owl in flight, Bodega Bay
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There were 3 or 4 barn owls, this one peered at me through the branches before taking flight.
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Anna's hummer, Hole in the Head Bodega. There's always at least one of these hummingbirds in residence due to the blackberry bush flowers.
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Male Downy woodpecker, owl canyon, Bodega Bay
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A female northern harrier was cruising the top ridge of owl canyon.
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Yellow warblers on the far side of owl canyon
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Yellow warblers hunting for insects, near owl canyon, Bodega Bay
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Yellow warbler, Bodega Bay
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Cedar waxwing, Ragle Ranch Regional Park Sebastopol
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Some black throated gray warblers flitted through the oak trees, Ragel Park, Sebastopol
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Another view, black throated gray warbler, Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol
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Wilson Warblers and Warbling Vireos

9/10/2017

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PictureMale Wilson's warbler, Willow
A small group of Wilson's Warblers, chestnut-backed chickadees, and warbling vireos were traveling as a group through the woods and shrubs of Willow Creek Rd near Jenner and the Russian River.

The group was pretty aggressively feeding, so I was able to get some very close photos.


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Warbling vireo, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner
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Another view, warbling vireo
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Another view, male Wilson's Warbler
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Female or immature Wilson's Warbler, Willow Creek Rd
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Another view, female or juvenile wilson's warbler
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Top view, Wilson's Warbler, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner
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Warbling Vireo, Willow Creek Rd
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Another view, warbling vireo
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In the midst of the group was also the small pacific slope flycatcher.
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Also in the woods, a small roaming flock of brown creepers.
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On the way to Jenner, this juvenile red-tailed hawk on a utility pole.
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Wrentit, Willow Creek Rd, near Jenner
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Non-breeding male goldfinch, near Willow Creek Rd
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Suddenly a large group of very active swallows appeared in the sky overhead on Willow Creek Rd - some were barn swallows, but many of them were northern rough winged swallows.


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Song sparrow, grooming, Willow Creek Rd near Jenner
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Great Horned Owl, near the town of Two Rock on the way to Point Reyes

9/6/2017

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Great Horned Owl doing some daylight hunting, noticed while driving to point reyes.
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Another view, great horned owl
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Osprey in flight, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes.
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Juvenile black-crowned night heron doing some fishing, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes
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Female northern harrier, Abbott's Lagoon
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This Kingfisher flew past in a long arc where I could get multiple shots, over Abbott's Lagoon.
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Belted Kingfisher in flight, Abbot's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes
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It took me awhile to identify this bird, but I think it is a spotted sandpiper, non-breeding colors, Abbott's Lagoon.
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Caspian Tern at Pt. Reyes, poised for a dive
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Another view, caspian tern, Pt. Reyes
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Cooper's hawk, Point Reyes National Seashore

9/1/2017

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Possibly juvenile cooper's hawk, Point Reyes
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Immature red-tailed hawk in flight, Pt. Reyes
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Small flock of common murres, point reyes
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Comm Murre
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Another view, common murre
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A bright male Wilson's Warbler near Drakes's Beach, Point Reyes
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Juvenile robin, the Laguna in Sebastopol
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Possum in the garden, Sebastopol
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It's possible this could be a Baird's sandpiper, at Shollenberger Park in Petaluma
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