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Purple Martins, Pine Flat Rd, Healdsburg

8/27/2017

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Purple martins looked like they had a nest in an old tree stump, Pine Flat Rd, Healdsburg
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The purple martin is the largest North American swallow.

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Purple martins are known for their expert aerial acrobatics.
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Purple martins, Healdsburg
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Male Hairy woodpecker, pine flat rd, Healdsburg
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High in a tree top, a blue-gray gnatcatcher, on pine flat road
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Northern Flicker, Audubon area, pine flat road in Healdsburg
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Also high in the tree tops, a small flock of hermit warblers, Pine flat Rd - these birds are not very common in sonoma county
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Hermit warbler
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A female black-headed grosbeak was foraging, also in the Audubon area of the preserve.
PictureLoggerhead Shrike on a wire fence, Tolay Lake Regional Park




Different day, some birds encountered while hiking in Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma

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Barn swallows feeding their chicks, Tolay Lake
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Barn swallow chicks in the park
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I encountered a large family of Western bluebirds, adults with juveniles, near one of the ponds in the park. This is a juvenile.
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Juvenile Western Bluebird, Tolay Lake
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Western kingbird, hunting along the same fence as the western bluebird family.
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An iconic image in this park, western meadowlark perched on a distant fence post, amid the tall high wild grasses of Tolay Lake Regional Park.
2 Comments
Sharon Hawthorne
8/28/2017 07:57:17 pm

I particularly liked the juvenile bluebird photo, for its clarity and color. I was also, especially, pleased to see the oyster catchers -- who I had just seen, but only from afar.

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andrea
9/18/2017 07:14:02 am

Purple Martins look the the Blue Angels of the bird clan!

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