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The Hour of the Sparrow - Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma

2/27/2018

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Juvenile white-crowned sparrow, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
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Sparrow on a wire
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Savanah sparrow with a small insect, Tolay Lake
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The white-crowned sparrows were posing, and they were hard to resist.
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Two savannah sparrows on a fence, a common sight in the park.
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Western Meadowlark among the dry grasses and seed pods.
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Against the wintry sunlight, a kestrel shoots overhead carrying a small prey.
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Female northern harrier skims the open grasslands, an iconic image in the park.
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The northern harrier, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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A far off coyote, looking like a background detail in an oil painting, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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A white-tailed kite checks out the photographer.
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A pair of juvenile white-crowned sparrows on a wire fence near an old post.
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A small flock of wigeons in flight, flushed from the pond.
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Another juvenile white-crowned sparrow, Tolay Lake
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Curious savannah sparrow on wire fence.
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Western meadowlarks in flight, and below right a loggerhead shrike perched in some tall grasses.
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Cropped look at the shrike, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Loggerhead Shrike
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Red-tailed Hawk, Tolay Lake Regional Park
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Say's Phoebe against the light, Tolay Lake
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There were four or five American Pipits feeding together at the end of the trail, not a common bird for this park.
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White-tailed kite in a tree, Tolay Lake Regional Park, Petaluma
1 Comment
andrea
3/2/2018 05:17:21 pm

Those white crowned were awfully cooperative...what did you feed them?
Always great raptor shots, bgr show offs!

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