Snowy Egrets are a common sight around the San Francisco Bay, but I never get tired of seeing them. This is another shot from my archives, taken at Eden Landing in 2001. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Another photo from Mono Lake in 2021, an Eared Grebe. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife #monolake

I'm going back in my archives, and found this photo of a Sage Thrasher at Mono Lake that I took in October 2021. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife #monolake

It's been over a year since my trip to Australia, and I wish I could go back. Hopefully someday. Here's a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at Lane Cove River National Park in Sydney. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #australia #cockatoo

A Dark-eyed Junco at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Snowy Egret at Bay Point Regional Shoreline. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Great Egret at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Steller's Jay at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Great Egret at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

An Anna's Hummingbird at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

An Anna's Hummingbird at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #birdsinflight

A Pelagic Cormorant against the backdrop of the ocean waves near Mendocino. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Chustnut-Backed Chickadee at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County. There was a huge flock of them near the parking lot, but somehow this was the best shot I could get. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Since nobody likes banana slugs, here's a Caspian Tern at Coyote Hills Regional Preserve in Fremont. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

And now for something completely different. A banana slug. We saw hundreds of them in Mendocino last week. #bananaslug #nature #california #californiawildlife

Another Raven portrait from Noyo Headlands Park in Fort Bragg. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Raven portrait from Noyo Headlands Park in Fort Bragg. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Great Egret at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County, California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Green Heron at MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Graaah! A Common Raven at Noyo Headlands Park in Fort Bragg, California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Anyway, here's a flock of Barn Swallows at Coyote Hills Regional Preserve in Fremont, CA. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Confusing bird ID time: these photos are from the same day, in July, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I think that they are both juvenile Brown-headed Cowbirds. Their feathering is completely different, tho. Is bird 1 a male, and bird 2 a female? Or is my ID wrong? #birds #photography

A super basic portrait of a Western Gull. Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

I was looking through my archives and found this photo of a Northern Harrier from 2019. This was at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park in Berkeley. The bird only landed here for a few seconds before taking off again. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Dark Eyed Junco at Sibley Volcanic Preserve in Oakland. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Cedar Waxwings are back in town. I saw a small flock foraging for berries on my way home from work yesterday. This photo is from 2022. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A White-Crowned Sparrow at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Two immature Western Gulls (I think...) playing with a stick. San Francisco Bay. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A female or juvenile Anna's Hummingbird at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A study of Australian birds has shown that sexual dimorphism isn't as straightforward as you might think.

A Caspian Tern over the San Francisco Bay at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Hermit Thrush at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden in Berkeley. This was back in January. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A juvenile Anna's Hummingbird practices his song at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife #hummingbird

A Great Egret at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Brown Creeper at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden in Berkeley. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Steller's Jay at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife #baynature

A Black Phoebe at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco #birds #bird #wildlife #nature #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Great Egret at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Black Phoebe at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

An Anna's Hummingbird at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Steller's Jay at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

A female Ring Necked Duck at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I was looking through photos from last year, and I found this one. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

A Laughing Kookaburra at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. This was the first kookaburra that I saw in Australia. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #australia

I still have a lot of photos from Australia to edit, but I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point. Still, I thought this shot of a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney is pretty majestic. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #australia #cockatoo

A Black Phoebe at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

A Black Crowned Night Heron posing for photos at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

An American Robin at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco yesterday. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

This thing I found on Instagram seems to be a generative AI version of a comic I made about photographing birds (second image)? Can’t say I like this.

A Great Egret at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

A Spotted Towhee at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden in Berkeley, California. These guys usually stay on the ground, but I think this one wanted to keep an eye on me. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california