Cooper’s Hawkling Adventures 🪶

Great Horned Owlet Exploits 🦉

Knowing their peril, I’ve searched up and down California for native bees Very specifically green native bees They seem so magical and distant to me, like a creature from some odd world I’ll never be able to find Until this summer… on native Lupine Green Small-Mason 📷🌿🐝

Dippers are one of my absolute faves. Water weirdos. 🪶

Dipper dippin’ American Dipper 📷🌿🪶

I hike many miles I’m not one to take lots of gear or equipment Most of the time I’m only carrying my telephoto (840mm equiv) and binoculars (not shown) When I know I have opportunities for landscape and portraits of trees, structures, etc… I carry along a 50mmF2 and a 15mmF4.5 #birdinggear 📷

And then you can be up in a high alpine meadow with acres of wildflowers and miles of glacial rivers Tuolumne Meadows - Yosemite National Park

The sights from the eastern sierras are just out of this world… Devil’s Postpile National Monument

Mono Lake looks like it’s from another world at dusk Taken at the Old Marina #longlivemonolake @monolake.org

More than 300 species of birds have been observed in the Mono Basin's varied habitats, from the highest elevations at the Sierra crest all the way down to Mono Lake. These great photos show four species at the lakeshore: Green-tailed Towhee, Violet-green Swallow, Osprey, and California Gull.

I urge you to watch to the end! 5 feedings and one housekeeping trip to carry out a fecal sac! What busy parents! American Dipper 📷🌿🪶

BALOGUNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! ⚽️

One of my fave birds! Such sweet colors on a bird 🍉 Lewis’s Woodpecker 📷🌿🪶

A collection of birds around Mono Lake, CA #longlivemonolake @monolake.org

Trader Joe’s ran out of precut watermelon, so I had to get pre-cut watermelon

NIMBY Christians make me sick

Weekend Grebes Western Grebe 📷🌿🪶

One more to cap out the night! Wooo! USA USA USA!!

I’m not use to Americans making such quick decisions on the ball Just a World Cup observer

NBA needs this.

I love the ref cams on the goal replays. But tell production to increase exposure by 1 stop

Wow first time I’m seeing this. But call reversed for flopping Dead

BA LO GUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNN

Wow! Looks like the boys are on it tonight! 3-0 GOALL

TWO - 0! LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!

USA USA USA!! ⚽️

Look at these little quacklings 🥹 Mallard 📷🌿🪶

Spatula ducklings? Or Anas ducklings? 📷🌿🪶🐥

Wtf did I just watch?

“I’m in your head, boy” Vic 🫡

MSG: “Ref you suck! Ref you suck!…” Richard Jefferson; “That’s just a New York Hello.” 💀

I have a piece of my car missing from pulling out of the driveway too quickly to twitch a bird two years ago I want to fix it, but every time someone asks me about it, it makes me want to delay more Now it’s a small protest against how much Americans obsess about cars and a proud scar from birding

I mean… Look at these two! What a hoot! Or…errr a PIYAH? Red-tailed Hawks 🪶

Derp derp! I’m red-tailed vampire 🧛‍♂️ Red-tailed Hawk Siblings 📷🌿🪶

Fledgling red-tailed hawks are loving on each other This is why I love to observe this stage They don’t really understand that they are apex predators yet They watch butterflies. And love on each other. In between begging for food It just tooooo adorable 🥰🥺 📷🌿🪶

I just watched a juvenile red tailed hawk watch a monarch butterfly 🥺

I just went 81-1, think you can go 82-0? First time I got to pick Kobe Mamba carried me one game shy 🐍 🏀 Shout out to the guys @nodunks.com www.82-0.com/share?id=n0C...

Our red tailed hawks have fledged! They’ve been screeching so loud for their parents I can hear them from the second floor of my home this morning 🥰 This was one of two fledglings! This is the smaller runt/male hawk, very loud 🪶

Sorry for the hiatus… Black-crowned Night Heron 📷🌿🪶

I try not to forget to appreciate that. My daily commute is down Pacific Coast Highway 1

Hello All. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FirstWingbeat, so here's a puffin paterring across the sea during take-off. #Bird #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #nature #EastCoastKind #Puffin

So aerodynamic! 🪶

Teenagers 🥰 Red-tailed Hawk 📷🔭🌿🪶

I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ARE REAL 🪶 🐣

B A B Y G U L L S

Three soft and fuzzies, coming up. 🧵 🪶 🐣

Anyone near Pismo Beach, California who can check to see the western gull roosting status?

It can’t be a coincidence that the week I’ve lost another patient that a frigatebird shows up in OC Much less a patient that was obsessed with finding his peace out on his sail boat, deep at sea Monroe, I dedicate this lesser frigatebird to you May your spirit find its way to the ocean my friend

Did I see a fucking Connecticut Warbler and not realize it?! I saw a Mourning Warbler immediately after this bird and didn't even realized my first glimpse had been of a totally different bird. Holy shit. Lifer!!! Man, I'd be so screwed without my camera. 😂 #birds

Once more… what a fun vagrant! This bird is the first record of this species to be recorded in Orange County, California This is the best photo I could resolve of today’s individual Lesser Frigatebird 📷🌿🪶