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August birds, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma

11/24/2018

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Juvenile White-tailed Kite, Tolay Lake
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Juvenile white-tailed kite on fence post in the park
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Black-crowned night heron at one of the ponds, the first time I have seen this bird here.
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Flyover, a male northern harrier, Tolay Lake
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Male lesser goldfinch, Tolay Lake
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Buzzed by the keening red-tailed hawk, which looks like it just ate a meal.
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Female Nuttall's woodpecker, near the picnic area in the park
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A row of first year barn swallows wait on a utility wire for parents to feed them, Tolay Lake
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A black tailed deer and her fawn, off of the causeway
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Juvenile western bluebird, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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First year male western bluebird, Tolay Lake
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Some backyard birds from this last July

11/19/2018

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Red-breasted nuthatch near the feeders, Camp Meeker
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Red-breasted nuthatch feeding youngster from the backyard feeders
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Tasty bit of suet
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A migratory hummer, female or juvenile Allens'
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Resident male Anna's hummer, backyard
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Another resident male Anna's hummer visiting feeders, Camp Meeker
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Female purple finch, common visitor to the feeders.
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Pygmy nuthatch getting some water, Camp Meeker backyard
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Pygmy nuthatch withe a seed
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Acorn Woodpecker, checking out the scene from neighbor's roof
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Chestnut backed chickadee grasping a seed
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Great horned owl, Pt Reyes National Seashore

11/16/2018

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During Andrea's visit, a great horned owl! near the fish docks, Pt. Reyes
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Another view, great horned owl, Pt. Reyes
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Our visit was in July, when the common murres are nesting below the light house.
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Common murre nesting colony, Pt. Reyes National Seashore.
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We were also lucky enough to see some male Tule Elk, Pt. Reyes
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Late summer walk, Tolay Lake Regional Park Petaluma

11/5/2018

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California Quail, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Female Breyer's blackbird, Tolay Lake
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Male tree swallow perched on wire fence near a nesting box, Tolay Lake
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Female Western Bluebird on nest box, Tolay Lake. At this point in the summer, there were still active nesting going on.
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Closer look, female Western Bluebird
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Jumping from the top of the nest box, to the nest opening.
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Female Western Bluebird checking on her chicks, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Another male tree swallow, Tolay Lake
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Mourning Dove, Tolay Lake
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Savannah sparrow in the park
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There were a family of Western Bluebirds at one end of the park, this is a youngster here.
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Juvenile Western Bluebird, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Male Western Bluebird with grasshopper, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Juvenile tree swallows wait on a wire fence for parents to feed them.
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Juvenile Tree swallow, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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The Bullock's Orioles were still in the park, here is a male that was being closely followed by a juvenile that he was feeding.
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Juvenile Bullock's Oriole, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Juvenile Bullock's Oriole, in the willows near the farm animals at Tolay Lake
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Juvenile bullock's oriole, another view
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A kestrel, top, chases off a red-tailed hawk in the park.

More pictures of the baby barn owls in friend's backyard, Cotati

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Juvenile Barn Owls, Cotati, CA
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