Mute swan goslings, Ellis Creek Water Treatment, Petaluma
Very close to the walking trail!
Mom swan checking on her brood
Reeds were full of Marsh wrens making their siren calls
Red house finch eating grass seeds, Ellis Creek
Active tree swallow nest, Ellis Creek
Tree swallow removing poop from the nest, Ellis Creek
White Pelican zooms over the facility, Ellis Creek
Some surrounding fields thick with blooming mustard grass, Ellis Creek
Canada geese goslings - had to wait for the whole family to move before I could proceed
Slightly older Canada geese gosling - crossing last because it kept trying to remove the burrs in its downy feathers from where it had been laying in the grass
Explored another well known birding spot in Healdsburg that I hadn't been to before, Pine Flat Road
Brown creeper, Pine Flat Rd, Healdsburg
Acorn woodpecker with a bug, Pine Flat rd.
Incredible wildflowers on this rd, this is a Red ribbon clarkia
Black Phoebe with a bug, on the back of a traffic sign along Pine Flat Rd., Healdsburg
 Red thistle, Pine Flat Rd |  Coast Lotus, growing near a stream |
Huge bushes California Lilac, Pine Flat Rd, Healdsburg
Small male Anna's hummer holding his own, Pine Flat Rd
 Perhaps another Clarkia |  These wildflowers known as Chinese Houses, Pine Flat Rd. |
Ash-throated flycatcher, near the top of the road
Surprised a male Kingfisher at a small pond on the way back down the road
Kingfisher in flight, Pine Flat Rd, Healdsburg
Last but not least, another eye-popping wildflower, Pine Flat Road