| Male Nuttall's woodpecker checks out nestbox near backyard, but hammers on it loudly, obviously feeling it needs major modifications - fortunately this is one of the store bought boxes, and not one that I made (so that I did not have to feel responsible for any defects of construction). |  Male Nuttall's woodpecker at bluebird nest box |
Red house finch, back yard
Oak Titmouse waiting for me to put up sunflower seed feeder, front yard
Northern Mockingbird in back orchard
Walking in a new to me park, saw this Red-shouldered hawk in an oak tree overlooking the path I was on
Red-shouldered hawk, Crane Creek Regional Park
Hawk gets ready to fly off
Also took a stroll at the Ellis Creek Water Treatment Facility, in Petaluma
Killdeer on the shore of one of the ponds, Ellis Creek
Killdeer, Ellis Creek Water Treatment Facility
A lesser yellowlegs was in one of the ponds
Small group of Northern shovelers still in residence at the first pond
Along with the Northern Pintails
 Female Goldeneye |  Great Blue Heron flew over |
Male Bufflehead
Song sparrow on one of the cottontail reeds
Large flock of tree swallows, zooming everywhere
Lots of Canadian geese, some grazing
Twin female canvas back ducks in flight, Ellis Creek
Male and female canvas back ducks in flight, Ellis Creek