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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL   A large flock of sanderlings rest and snooze, Bodega Bay  Sanderlings, Bodega Bay  Marbled Godwit, Bodega Bay  Brown Pelican, Bodega Bay  Godwits and willets take off, near Doran Beach, Bodega Bay  Black crowned night heron, Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay  White pelicans, Bodega Bay  Female kestrel, Bodega Bay
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 Female green-winged teals at Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  I surprise a couple of red-shouldered hawks, this one flies almost directly over me.  Yellow-rumped warblers were busy in the shrubby areas, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Often the river otters are seen in the Lagoon area, and this day does not disappoint!  In the Lagoon, a river otter eats a large fish.  River otter and fish - a big carp?  Swimming away, happy and full, Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes  Yellow flowers in the sand, Pt. Reyes  Osprey! Abbott's Lagoon, Pt. Reyes National Seashore  Another view, osprey, Pt. Reyes  Fox sparrow, Abbott's Lagoon - the first time I have noticed them at this location.  Usually at least one great blue heron, fishing, Abbott's Lagoon Pt. Reyes  On the way out of the park, this beautiful coyote, hunting in a field.  Thrush family birds (like the robin and the western bluebird) love berries, and the berry producing shrubs help carry them through the fall and winter months. This is a hermit thrush, Willow Creek Rd, near Jenner  Another view, hermit thrush - usually very aloof and shy, this one seemed almost curious.  Hermit thrush grabbing a native berry, near Jenner.  I surprised this juvenile red-tail hawk as it was roosting in a tree, and as it got airborne, it flew back over me to check me out.  Hutton's vireo, willowcreek rd near jenner  A bee or wasp heading right towards the hutton's vireo, which it was able to pluck from the air.  Hutton's vireo with a worm, near Jenner. While I was watching this little vireo, it ate a bee and also found a fat worm.  Bushtit, Willow Creek Rd  Western Grebe, Bodega Bay  Brown Pelican, Bodega Bay  Blue-gray gnatcatcher, over wintering at Hole in the Head, Bodega  Northern Harrier with a mouse, Hole in the Head, Bodega  Coop[er's Hawk? Behind Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay  Female Northern Flicker on utility cable, Bodega Bay  Western Bluebird hunts from the side of a utility pole, Bodega Bay  Black Phoebe, behind Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay |