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Return of the golden-crowned sparrow

10/1/2015

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I've been hearing this bird's beautiful lilting whistle call in the parks, and finally started seeing them, this one checking out my front yard bird bath and feeder. A largish migratory sparrow, it arrives in late summer and leaves by late spring.
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Golden-crowned sparrow, camp meeker
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Male dark-eyed junco, also on front yard fence
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Female (pale eyes) Bushtit in the Laguna.
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Male bushtit, dark eyes
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Cedar waxwings in this area of the Laguna due to the wild grapes
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Cedar waxwing
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Cedar waxwing
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Juvenile cedar waxwing, the Laguna
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Female Anna's hummer, the Laguna
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Wild rose hips
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Among the bird flurries in the Laguna, were gray squirrels
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In the reeds surrounding the Laguna pond, the red-winged blackbird
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Adult black-crowned night heron
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An adult (left) and a junvenile black-crowned night heron at the Laguna pond
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Small group of male mallards
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Northern shoveler, eclipse plumage, the Laguna pond
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Overcast day, the white-tailed kite, hunting again in the Laguna
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Ready to pounce, the white-tailed kite
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Moulting western bluebird? On one of the trail signs, in the Laguna
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Another migratory sparrow, the white-crowned sparrow, also in the park
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Looking much like the black phoebe, this is the Say's phoebe, hunting in the dry grasses for insects
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Another view, Say's Phoebe
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The Say's phoebe hovers like the white tailed kite, only close to the ground, watching the grasses for insects.

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Say's phoebe, hunting
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Beautiful Great Blue Heron drinking water in the Laguna pond
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Male lesser goldfinch, eating seeds in the park
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Male lesser goldfinch
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Female lesser goldfinch, exhibiting almost perfect camouflage among the grasses
2 Comments
Anne Boykin
10/1/2015 04:26:14 pm

Exciting action shots! Cool night heron too.

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a
10/16/2015 01:25:24 pm

Whoa, that Says Phoebe looks like a ghost spirit

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