Acorn Woodpecker, Camp Meeker
Two acorn woodpecker storage trees right outside front gate to new digs, always the random tapping as the birds fine tune their acorn larder.
Surprised a mother deer with her fawn, Camp Meeker
Walking through Camp Meeker, crossing a bridge with a picturesque understory of trees over a dry creekbed, a litte male Wilson's warbler jumping through the leaves.
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Hairy woodpecker - very similar markings to the smaller Downy, the Hairy is larger with a larger beak.
Female Hairy woodpecker, Camp Meeker
Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
Red-tail hawk, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma Resident red-tail hawks circling and keening overhead as I enter the park
Black Phoebe, Tolay Lake
Male Goldfinch, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
Juvenile Western Bluebird, Tolay Lake, Petaluma
Distant shot, the very shy Loggerhead Shrike, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
Harrier Hawk circling, Tolay Lake
 Tolay Lake gets very hot in the summer, the only wildflowers that survive are thistles and small yellow daisy |  |
The fence lizard thrives in the late summer heat