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Some birds near the deck feeders, early spring 2020, near Occidental

9/25/2020

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Female or juvenile Allen's hummer
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I believe this is a male rufous hummingbird, early spring, near Occidental
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Female Townsend warbler
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Male Townsend warbler, visits the feeders all through the winter, showing up in the fall, leaving in the early spring.
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Female Downy woodpecker, also visits through the colder months.
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Female Allen's hummingbird, near Occidental
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Male lesser goldfinch near the feeders, early spring 2020
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Male purple finch, near Occidental
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More winter birds from the coast, February 2020

9/19/2020

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Osprey with large fish, Bodega Bay
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Male red-breasted merganser, Bodega Bay, Feb 2020
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American wigeons, entrance ponds, Doran Beach, Bodega Bay
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Wintering flock of American wigeons
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Marbled godwit pulls a worm from the sand, Bodega Bay
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Willet, Bodega Bay
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A coot and a pied-billed grebe, Bodega Bay
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Female ruddy duck, Bodega Bay
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Great Blue Heron catches a teeny fish, Bodega Bay
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Great Blue Heron, Bodega Bay
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Ruby-crowned kinglet near Campbel Cove, Bodega Bay
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Red-shouldered hawk, Bodega Bay, Feb 2020
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Hooded merganser, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park

9/16/2020

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Usually in the small pond at the top of the creek trail, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park, Windsor
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Pond turtle enjoying the sun, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park, Windsor
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Hutton's vireo, Shiloh Ranch Park - these photos are from Feb. 2020
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Oak Titmouse, Shiloh Ranch Park
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Manzanita flowers in bloom - this is a winter and early spring flower that helps keep the year round Anna's hummingbirds going through the colder months.
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Yellow-rumped warbler in the park, Shiloh Ranch Regional Park, Windsor.
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Tomales Bay & Pt. Reyes, early February 2020

9/12/2020

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Large raft of ducks feeding on Tomales Bay near Inverness, mostly scaup, but some golden eye and ruddy ducks too.
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Belted kingfisher along the road
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More shots, kingfisher, Tomales Bay
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Common merganser on one of the creeks
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A trio of female golden eye ducks off of Hearts Desire beach Tomales Bay
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Common goldeneye
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Stately looking Great Blue Heron, near Tomales Bay
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Curious wrentit, Tomales Bay
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Tree with fungi, woods near Tomales Bay
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Male Anna's hummer, Tomales Bay
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Pt. Reyes elk near Drakes Beach, Pt. Reyes
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Pt. Reyes elk along the road to Drakes Beach.
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Flyover, red-tailed hawk near Drakes Beach, Pt. Reyes
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Red-head duck with a scaup female, on the pond near Drake's Beach, Pt. Reyes
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Elephant seal enjoying the sun, Drake's beach, Pt. Reyes
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Quail, in the woods near Tomales Bay
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Female kestrel, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
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American Wigeons near Doran Park entrance, Feb 2020

9/8/2020

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American wigeon ducks, near Doran Beach park entrance, February 2020
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American wigeon
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Willet, near harbor entrance
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European starling, inside the park, Bodega Bay
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A pair of Western Bluebirds along the shore, Bodega Bay
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Osprey on the top of a boat mast, near Spud Point, Bodega Bay
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Common Loon, Bodega Bay
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February 2020 walk, Tolay Lake Regional Park

9/8/2020

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Female American Kestrel with a lizard, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Tree swallows, already checking out nest boxes, Tolay Lake
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Song sparrow, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
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Say's phoebe in the park, February 2020
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