A Red-winged Blackbird doing the splits at Auburn State Recreation Area (Northern California). #Birds

Black-headed Grosbeaks have returned for the breeding season! Northern California #Birds

Some pics from our Thursday jaunt to Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and Cosumnes River Preserve (Northern California). #Birds

A 20 second video of a Bewick's Wren dust bathing in the middle of a trail at Chanslor Ranch (between Bodega Bay and Salmon Creek - Northern California). #Birds

Bit of a distant shot. Cormorant positioning a flatfish for the chug. Tidal flat along Bird Walk trail (Bodega Bay - Northern California). #Birds

Female Anna's Hummingbird at an invasive 'Pride of Madeira' flower in a garden in Salmon Creek (Northern California). #Birds

Common Loon in Bodega Harbor (Northern California) with a small patch of breeding plumage. #Birds

This male Surf Scoter proceeded to remove and eat the legs of this marine creature before swallowing the body (Bodega Harbor - Northern California). #Birds

Young Bald Eagle on a rock just off Wright's Beach on the Sonoma Coast (Northern California). #Birds

Scotermoot at Doran Beach (Northen California). #Birds

Surf Scoters at Sunset (Salmon Creek Beach - Northern California). #Birds

Red-shouldered Hawk in side light at Rasmussen Open Space in Cameron Park (Northern California). There is a nearby nest and this bird was hunting while its mate was in the nest. #Birds

American Kestrel at Rasmussen Open Space in Cameron Park (Northern California). #Birds

A few pics from the Sacramento Audubon field trip to SNWR and Colusa NWR (1/24/2026) in Northern California. #Birds

Burrowing Owl in a culvert at the front of a gravel driveway in southeast Sacramento county (Northern California). #Birds

Ferruginous Hawk seen from Michigan Bar Rd. in southeast Sacramento county (Northern California). #Birds

Great Blue Heron in front of the waterfall at Village Green in El Dorado Hills (Northern California). #Birds

The Red-shouldered Hawk sees. Along Buck's Creek in El Dorado Hills (Northern California). #Birds

Went to find the Short-eared Owl on South Shingle Rd. before the intersection with Michigan Bar Rd. (Northern California). #Birds

Went to find the Short-eared Owl on South Shingle Rd. before it intersects with Michigan Bar Rd. (Northern California). #Birds

Some shots from a walk at Cameron Park Lake (Northern California) today. #Birds

Wild Turkey foraging along Michigan Bar Rd. just north of the Cosumnes River (Northern California). Taken on November 1st in low early morning light. #Birds

Holiday Harrier and friends. Some pics from an early Thanksgiving afternoon walk at Rasmussen Park and Open Space (Northern California). #Birds

Snowy Egret hanging out on a tree branch and looking cool at Cameron Park Lake (Northern California). #Birds

13 second video of a female Northern Harrier bathing in Salmon Creek (Northern California). This is the same spot I found an Osprey bathing at in years past. #Birds

Song Sparrow on lupine at Salt Point State Park (Northern California). #Birds

Brandt's Cormorant flying along the surf at Salmon Creek Beach (Northern California). #Birds

Great Egret on the jetty rail in Bodega Harbor (Northern California). #Birds

American Kestrel (male) in side light along the trails on Bodega Head (Northern California coast). Couldn't move to front light without flushing the bird. #Birds

Pied-billed Grebe at Cameron Park Lake in Northern California (10/10/2025). #Birds

Least Sandpiper (9/17/2025) at Abbotts Lagoon (Point Reyes National Seashore). Saw several of these shorebirds sitting in slight depressions in the sand. #Birds

Elegant Tern (9/17/2025) diving into Tomales Bay. #Birds

Heermann's Gull between two tails (9/16/2025) at Limantour Beach (Point Reyes National Seashore). #Birds

Lesser Yellowlegs (9/17/2025) at Abbotts Lagoon (Point Reyes National Seashore). #Birds

Marbled Godwits (9/16/2025) at Limantour Beach (Point Reyes National Seashore). A little hazy with spray. #Birds

Townsend's Warbler (9/18/2025) at Samuel P. Taylor State Park. My guess is this is a female due to the lack of a black throat. #Birds

A few pics from a walk along Buck's Creek (Northern California) on Thursday morning. #Birds

An Acorn Woodpecker was hammering away on one of the wood buildings at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park yesterday. We stopped to watch, and the bird swiveled its head around to see what we were doing. #Birds

Male Belted Kingfisher moving upstream pretty fast. Did my best to catch him. South Fork American River (Northern California) via Greenwood Creek access. #Birds

Pipevine Swallowtail on Buttonbush. South Fork of the American River (Northern California) via Greenwood Creek access. #Butterflies

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We walked around Cameron Park Lake (Northern California) this morning. I had to wear a sweater in July! Species in the ALT text. #Birds

Late June saw many juvenile songbirds in our yard (Northern California) had left their nests. It was a bumper crop year for American Robins. We've also seen juvenile California Towhee, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Spotted Towhee at this birdbath. #Birds

Some pics from today's Sacramento Audubon field trip to Wrights Lake (Northern California) led by Rachael Cowan. #Birds

Some insects from our morning walk at Rasmussen Open Space (Cameron Park, CA). Species in the ALT text. #Butterflies #Dragonflies

Female Williamson's Sapsucker at Woods Lake (Northern California Sierra Nevada). #Birds

Some pics from a morning walk along Bucks Creek in El Dorado County. #Birds

A few pics from a recent trip to Southern California. #Birds #Butterflies

Trail cam footage of a California Thrasher - a yard bird where I live. #Birds

Greedy greedy California Scrub-jay at the Birdfy Feeder Bamboo. #Birds @birdfybynetvue.bsky.social