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Peace on Earth, from Bodega Bay!!

12/25/2015

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Brown pelican, Bodega Bay

Marbled godwits grooming, plus the very small least sandpiper, Bodega Bay

Marbled godwit, landing near the shore

Size comparison - behind, the marbled godwit; in the middle, the least sandpiper; in front a western sandpiper, I believe.

Adult Common Goldeneye, Bodega Bay

Eared grebe, looking over its shoulder, Bodega Bay

I believe this is a first year male Common Goldeneye, Bodega Bay

Red-breasted Merganser with a piece of seaweed it picked up from its dive

The osprey again! Eating its fish on top of utility pole, main road, Bodega Bay

Female kestrel, warily eyeing my approach - she really dislikes being photographed! Main road, Bodega Bay

Back at home, Camp Meeker -

Beautiful male dark-eyed junco on the porch railing.

Male ruby-crowned kinglet angling for an approach to feeder

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Great Horned owl, Tolay Lake Regional Park

12/22/2015

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Great Horned Owl, in one of the woodland areas, Tolay Lake Regional Park

Female Nuttall's woodpecker, Tolay Lake

Surprised a beautiful young coyote, Tolay Lake Regional Park.

White-tailed kite, Tolay Lake

Two different walks through the Laguna de Santa Rosa near Sebastopol

Northern Harrier looks down while clutching prey, the Laguna

The Laguna after 5 days of steady rain

Seagull with small mouse

Seagulls have flocked to the flooded fields of the Laguna, and here is one reason why: seagull flies away with small mouse.

Black-necked stilts at the Laguna pond

Male and female Western bluebirds, the Laguna

Female Western Bluebird, the Laguna

Great Blue Heron flies past

Red-winged blackbird in the bare Laguna trees

Juvenile white-crowned sparrow

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After two good rain storms, the Laguna starts to fill in

12/11/2015

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American robin, the Laguna

Robin takes a bath in a large puddle, the Laguna

A family of river otters show up in the Laguna waterway after the rains

River otters! The Laguna

Yellow-rumped warbler, the Laguna

Kinglet, the Laguna

A Merlin hawk, at the top of a tree, the Laguna

Merlin hawk, leaping from tree

Merlin in flight

Great Egret preens on a dead tree

Cormorant perched for a swim, the Laguna

Short walk by the Willowside trail after the rains, where this red-shouldered hawk sat in the trees. Minutes before, it had jumped to this branch where it swallowed a lizard, I think.

Red-shouldered hawk, Willowside Rd

Back home, this male Downy visited near the front porch

Male Downy Woodpecker, Camp Meeker

Ruby-crowned kinglet (male) is a daily visitor to the feeders

Red-breasted nuthatches find the feeders, Camp Meeker

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Osprey at Bodega Bay

12/4/2015

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This osprey had brought its catch to the top of a utility pole along the main road around Bodega Bay.

Osprey! Bodega Bay

Osprey eating its fish, Bodega Bay

Osprey with fish

Osprey, Bodega Bay

Townsend warbler at the Bird Walk near Doran Beach

Townsend warbler, different view

Great Blue Heron, on the hunt, near the Doran Beach bird walk

Bobcat, Doran Beach bird walk

A bobcat! Barely visible, in one of the open meadows, Doran Beach bird walk

Juvenile Red Tail, over Hole in the Head, Bodega

Brown Pelican skims the surface of the Bay

Female Bufflehead, Bodega Bay

Female Ruddy Duck, Bodega Bay

Great Blue Heron sits in an old boat, Bodega Bay marina

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Black-crowned night herons at the Laguna

12/2/2015

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Roosting night herons in the Laguna - very near one of the foot paths is a regular roosting area for these birds!

Black-crowned heron, the Laguna

Among the thick tree branches, another black-crowned night heron

Pied-billed grebe in the Laguna waterway

Snowy egret stirring the mud near the shore for whatever may arise

Black phoebe on a fence post, the Laguna

Green toad on the path!

American kestrel, in a high perch

Lincoln's sparrow among the small oaks in the Laguna

White-crowned sparrow fluffs up after some grooming

Song sparrow, the Laguna

A different black phoebe strikes a pose, the Laguna

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Peace on Earth, from Bodega Bay!!

Great Horned owl, Tolay Lake Regional Park

After two good rain storms, the Laguna starts to fill in

Osprey at Bodega Bay

Black-crowned night herons at the Laguna

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