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

A Snowy Egret at Aquatic Park in Berkeley, California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

Two Ring-Necked Parakeets and a pigeon, Jaipur, India. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #india #jaipur

A Great Egret coming in for a landing at Point Reyes National Seashore in California #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #pointreyes

An Oak Titmouse posing for me at the Lake Merritt Gardens in Oakland. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

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

A Wilson's Warbler at Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve in San Francisco. This photo is from 2023. I was watching one recently, but I couldn't get a photo. They are tiny, fast, and they like to hide. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

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

An American Bushtit building a nest. This is from 3 years ago now. I am always impressed by their nest-weaving skill. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

A California Quail sitting on a fence post is such an iconic image of California in general. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

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

I got to see a Grey Ghost fly over! Northern Harrier at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california #birdsinflight

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

A California Quail at Point Reyes. I saw so many quail at Point Reyes yesterday, I really should go there more often. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

A Brown Creeper at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Has to be one of the hardest birds to photograph. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

An American Robin eating toyon berries on Angel Island State Park. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #california

Another Sulphur-crested Cockatoo photo to end the week. Lane Cove River National Park in Sydney. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #australia #cockatoo

I have lots of pictures of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos from my short trip to Australia, because I love them. Here's one eating an apple in Katoomba. #bird #birds #wildlife #photography #cockatoo