This seemed mildly ghoulish, in time for Halloween...
This is a good meal spot on highway one, Bodega - I've also seen a red-shouldered hawk hunting here.
White-tailed Kite, highway One, Bodega
Another red-eyed bird, the black-crowned night heron, Hole in the Head, Bodega
Yellow-rumped warbler, Hole in the Head, Bodega
Least sandpipers snooze and groom in a large flock, Shollenberger Park, Petaluma
Greater yellowlegs (I think) at Shollenberger
Greater Yellowlegs, Shollenberger Park, Petaluma
Turtle sunning, in one of the sloughs, Shollenberger Park
Avocets in flight, Shollenberger - these birds on in their non-breeding plumage.
Mute swan, at the Ellis Creek Water Treatment Facility which connects to Shollenberger
Marsh Wren in the reeds, Ellis Creek Facility
Some photos from the deck
This male ruby-crowned kinglet visiting the deck feeders, camp meeker
Another view, ruby-crowned kinglet near the feeders.
Reddish fox sparrow on the fence, camp meeker
Red-breasted nuthatch
Red-breasted nuthatch drinking at the hanging water feeder, camp meeker
Townsend warbler in a fir tree near the deck.
The little kinglet again, this could be a female.
Acorn Woodpecker at one of the suet feeders.
White-breasted nuthatch with a seed
Chestnut-backed chickadee contemplates a bath, camp meeker
Red-tailed hawk lands in tall tree near the deck
As soon as the hawk realizes it's been spotted, it takes off for a more private perch.