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

They've had six for the last two days. Hope it stays that way. #Birds

The Northern Mockingbird in this short video is doing "wing flashing" (opening and closing the wings). It is not known why they do this but theories are insect flushing, warning about predators, or territorial signaling. #Birds

Northern Mockingbird using the local pool. #Birds

Swainson's Hawk at Cache Creek Nature Preserve. #Birds

No aurorae at 2 am this morning. Did get a 10 sec. phone pic of the teapot asterism in Sagittarius and the Milky Way. The second pic is a screen capture of the first with some lines drawn for the teapot. The Milky Way is the steam rising from the spout of the teapot. #Astronomy

House Finch in a guava bush. The Phainopeplas also like this plant but are rather skittish around the camera. #Birds

@birdfybynetvue.bsky.social California Towhee on the Birdfy Bamboo Feeder. #Birds

A few pics from our jaunt today at Knickerbocker Creek at Auburn State Recreation Area. #Birds #Butterflies

A couple of pics from the place we stayed (The Cottages) at Pt. Reyes. #Birds

Some pics from Abbott's Lagoon at Point Reyes National Seashore. #Birds

Some pics from the Elephant Seal lookout/Fish Docks area at Point Reyes National Seashore. #Birds

Pics from a hike on Tomales Point Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore. #Birds #Mammals

30 second video of a Pacific Wren singing atop a stub on a log. This was along the Bear Valley trail in Point Reyes National Seashore. #Birds #PointReyes

A few pictures from this morning's walk at Cameron Park Lake (El Dorado County). #Birds

A few pictures from the Sacramento Audubon field trip to Sweetwater Creek (El Dorado County) led by Richard Barbieri. #Birds #Butterflies #Bears

Western Kingbird (Auburn State Recreation Area). #Birds

A Spotted Towhee singing its heart out at Filoli Estate. #Filoli #Birds #Gardens

The lupin island and flannel bush wall are looking good this time of year. If you look closely, there is a metal frog drinking a cup of coffee in the lower right. #Gardens