Juvenile California quail, Campbell Cove, Bodega Bay
Cautiously the small group moved into view.
Juvenile quail, Bodega Bay
Adult female quail keeping watchful eye.
The same hummer probably from earlier visit, Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay - seems to feed exclusively on blackberry blossoms.
Anna's hummingbird, Hole in the Head
Has a coloring similar to the blackberry blossoms - Anna's hummer, Bodega Bay
This could be a white-throated sparrow juvenile.
Swainson's thrush, Hole in the Head, Bodega I went back to Hole in the Head, Bodega Bay, to stake out this bird to see if I could get a photo for I.D. purposes. I have been hearing this trippy bird song for about a month in different places, and didn't know what bird.
Turns out it is the very shy and very secretive Swainson's Thrush, known for its "flutelike" song.
Turns out it is the very shy and very secretive Swainson's Thrush, known for its "flutelike" song.
Highway One on the coast, a small herd of antlered deer cross the road.
On the drive to the coast, this red-tail hawk with a rather gruesome meal on top of a utility pole.
Red tail hawk with prey, Coleman Valley Rd.