Golden Eagle perched - you can see the golden highlights that give this bird its name.
Golden Eagle in flight, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
The male eagle showed up as the female was circling, distinquished by its missing outer wing feathers.
An ever changing palette of colors, Tolay Lake Regional Park
Several juvenile black phoebes along the fences, polishing their hunting skills.
Very bright lesser goldfinch, entrance to Tolay Lake Regional Park
Perched adult red-tailed hawk also near entrance to park.
Goldfinches eating seeds, Tolay Lake
While stalking the smaller birds with my camera, I surprised this burrowing owl! Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
One of a pair of red-tailed hawks circling.
Many more savannah sparrows in the park.
Grasshopper, Tolay Lake Crossing the open fields, grasshoppers jump everywhere - one of the many supporting reasons the birding is so abundant in the park
Female kestrel, one of many in the park, streaking by.
One of the heralds of autumn, the Say's Phoebe
The elegant Say's Phoebe, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma