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10/25/2017

Barn owl, Hole in the Head, Bodega, through a wispy fog

Two brown pelicans, Bodega Bay

Brown Pelican in flight, Bodega Bay

Yellow warbler, owl canyon, Bodega Bay

Female red-shafted northern flicker, owl canyon, Bodega Bay

Cooper's hawk above owl canyon

Anna's hummingbird, Hole in the Head, Bodega

Orange-crowned warbler, Hole in the Head

Spotted Towhee, Owl canyon

Belted kingfisher, Bodega Bay

Common Loon, molting out of breeding colors, Bodega Bay

Some migrants from Owl Canyon, last month

10/19/2017

Black throated gray warbler, Owl Canyon

Another view, black throated gray warbler

Chestnut sided warbler, female or non-breeding male, Owl Canyon, Bodega Bay

Chestnut sided warbler with a bug

Yellow warbler, owl canyon

Yellow warbler, Owl Canyon, Bodega Bay

Cassain's vireo, Owl Canyon

Pacific Slope flycatcher, Owl Canyon

Male Wilson's warbler in Owl Canyon

A red-tailed hawk made a low flight through the canyon, Bodega Bay

At Doran Beach, Bodega, a black bellied plover roosts on one leg along the mudflats.

Cooper's hawk in flight, this is from Tolay Lake, September

Juvenile white-tailed kites, Tolay Lake, September

In these difficult times, as the Sonoma County fires still burn out of control, a few bird photos to cheer the soul, hopefully.

10/7/2017

Chestnut backed chickadee, Willow creek road near Jenner

Juvenile female quail coming into her adult feathers. Willow Creek Rd near Jenner

Western sandpiper, Bodega Bay

Another view, western sandpiper

Least sandpiper, Bodega Bay - close in size and coloring to the Westerns, but with yellow legs.

A semi-palmated plover, Bodega Bay

Another view, semipalmated plover

Marbled godwit, Bodega Bay

Western sandpipers in flight

Black turnstone on a mossy rock on the shore of Bodega Bay

A flock of long-billed dowitchers feeding, Bodega Bay

Long billed dowitchers in flight

Long billed dowitcher feeding along the Bodega Bay shore

Female Common Yellowthroat, Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes

10/1/2017

Female common yellow throat, Point Reyes

Another view, same bird

Male California quail, Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes

Bright yellow warbler, also at Abbott's Lagoon

Sanderlings in flight, Point Reyes

Cottontail bunny, Point Reyes

Peregrine falcon in flight, Bodega Head. You can just see this is a banded bird.

Willow flycatcher, Hole in the Head, Bodega

Beautiful female or immature Black-headed grosbeak eating berries, Hole in the Head, Bodega. All these birds have now migrated out of the area for the year.

Yellow warbler, Hole in the Head, Bodega

Kestrel on utility wire, Bodega Bay