We're moving rapidly into spring here, so am trying to clear up my photos from the first of the year. This is a pair of red-breasted mergansers at Bodega Bay - it is more unusual to see the males close up for some reason, so I was happy to get these pictures.
Male Red-breasted merganser just up from diving for fish, Bodega Bay
A large flock of eared grebes, Bodega Bay
Male Bufflehead making a splash, Bodega Bay
Common Goleneye, Bodega Bay
Female American Kestrel, Coleman Valley Road
Long shot of a big male bobcat hunting in an open field off of Coleman Valley Road
This female kestrel eating a potato bug, along highway one, Bodega