A Common Raven at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Here's an Anna's Hummingbird that I saw back in October at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Brown Pelicans and a Double Crested Cormorant at Crown Beach in Alameda. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A couple of Least Sandpipers at Crown Beach in Alameda. These guys are unbelievably small. The photo makes them look so much bigger. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Another Black Oystercatcher from my archives at Crown Beach in Alameda. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

Flashback to 2019, a Black Oystercatcher at Crown Beach in Alameda. These are one of my favorite shorebirds, but I haven't seen any yet this year. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Black-bellied Plover (I believe) at Crown Beach in Alameda. I admit, winter shorebirds gives me fits, and I need to get better at IDing them. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

An American Crow at Crown Beach in Alameda. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

The same American Wigeon, he just looks so happy. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Eurasian Wigeon at Crown Beach in Alameda. This handsome lad was mixed in with a large flock of American Wigeons. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

I found this photo of two Sulphur-crested Cockatoos at Lane Cove River National Park in Sydney in my archive, and I thought I would share. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #australia #cockatoo

Here's a Raven portrait from my trip to Mendocino. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

I took some pictures of Monarch butterflies at the Lake Merritt Gardens in Oakland a couple weeks ago. #butterfly #monarch #baynature #photography #california #californiawildlife

I got to see Monarch caterpillars getting nice and fat at Balboa Park in San Diego yesterday. It may be winter in the Bay Area, but it's nice and warm down south!

Here's a White-Crowned Sparrow eating a blackberry at MacKerricher Beach near Fort Bragg in California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

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

A California Scrub Jay posed for me yesterday at the Lake Merritt Gardens in Oakland. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Mallard Duck portrait at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

American Coots at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It's amazing how coots can seem so calm and social one minute and absolutely brutal the next. The coot on the left won the fight, if you're curious. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

A Golden-crowned Sparrow at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. My final birding outing of 2025 was at Golden Gate Park, because frankly it's just a great spot for bird photography. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #californiawildlife

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

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