Juvenile white-crowned sparrow in the light of the setting sun

Female Kestrel in flight

The same kestrel that flew right over me, then caught this snake

Great Horned Owl, Tolay Lake Regional Park

Ruby-crowned kinglet, Tolay Lake

You can see the relaxed red crown here on the kinglet

Western Meadowlark, Tolay Lake Regional Park

Northern Mockingbird, Tolay Lake

Female Bufflehead on the lake

Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma

Male American Kestrel

Bemused or irritated? Eye to eye with the Kestrel

Female Downy woodpecker in the back yard

Hermit Thrush, on private drive near Furlong Rd

Hermit Thrush

Lots and lots of very active robins on the property right now

Male Western Bluebird, near the Farm

Dark-eye junco near the old orchard

Brant Goose, on Bodega Bay

Larger flock gathered near the shore, Brant Geese

Red-breasted Merganser, Bodega Bay

Loon, Bodega Bay

Sanderlings and Willets along the shore, Bodega Bay

Marbled godwit, Bodega Bay

Snowy Egret, Bodega Bay

Pygmy nuthatch at the upside down suet feeder, back yard

Song Sparrow at the Laguna

A male Belted Kingfisher, at the Laguna

Red-tailed hawk on perch, at the Laguna

Black Phoebe, the Laguna

Wet Cooper's hawk on the property

Two mute Swans, Ellis Creek Water Recycling Center, Petaluma

Canadian Geese in flight, Ellis Creek

Little fox in the back yard

Western Meadowlark

Wood ducks in flight, Tolay Lake Regional Park

Hermit Thrush, Tolay Lake Regioinal Park

Turkey vulture

Dark-eyed juncos were also in abundance among the grasses and reeds, searching for food

The park does include cattle

I encountered a very personable raven

Red-breasted sapsucker, acacia trees across from porch

Male Downy woodpecker inspects the tree branches, front porch

White-crowned sparrow at the Laguna, with a background of bright green winter grass

Mushrooms sprouting everywhere on the property

Cooper's hawk, on the hunt, in the Laguna

Cooper's hawk in flight

Black Phoebe on a mossy fence post, the Laguna

White pelicans, a small flock circling over the Laguna de Santa Rosa wetlands

Light morph Ferruginous Hawk, circling high over the Laguna

The Black-necked Stilts leave their pond to explore the new flooded areas of the Laguna after the rain

Juvenile Great Blue Heron? At the pond in the Laguna

Black-crowned night herons roosting in trees on both sides of the waterway, due to less human traffic with the seasonal bridge gone

Black-crowned night heron, at the Laguna waterway

Juvenile Black-crowned night heron in the trees, the Laguna