The Cotati Walks - during the shelter in place, local neighborhood paths, not widely known to the public, which follow flood control sloughs, unincorporated Cotati.

Many wonderful close encounters with resident red-tailed hawks, often actively engaged in courtship as the time is early spring, 2020

Red-tailed hawk, unincorporated Cotati

Close fly-by, red-tailed hawk

Bushtit, cotati

Female western bluebird hunting from the end of a tree branch, just beginning to sprout leaves.

Male western bluebird on a fence wire.

Male yellow-rumped warbler, in bright breeding plumage.

Another male western bluebird, against the bright green fields of early spring, Cotati

The area supports a large and active flock of wild turkeys. Cotati, March 2020

A couple of acorn woodpeckers check out a possible nest site, unincorporated Cotati.

Acorn woodpecker

A pair of red-tail hawks fly over, Cotati, March 2020