Anna’s Hummingbird feeding on a grevillea, an Australian plant in a public garden in California #birds #photography #birdphotography #annashummingbird #hummingbird #birding #nature #naturephotography

For the #Relax theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow, a napping hummingbird. #birds #photography #birdphotography #annashummingbird #hummingbird #birding #nature #naturephotography

Molting Anna’s Hummingbird #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

American Avocet landing 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Honey bee attacking an Anna’s Hummingbird 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Yellow Warbler 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Willow Flycatcher 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Ritualized drinking is one of the courtship displays of Wood Ducks. I also think he qualifies for #stunday #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Wood Duck pair #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

While driving down a gravel levee road, we soon found #theroad blocked by a nursing mother raccoon. She soon moved off the road, but not until after her kits had joined her. For #TheRoad theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow #mammals #nature #photography #naturephotography #wildlife

HE IS COMING FOR YOU!! 😳 The Green Heron came out of nowhere, walking on lily pads at the amazing Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland, WA . . #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography

Insects form a large part of the diet of the American Kestrel #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Immature male Anna’s hummingbird molting into his mature plumage . . . #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Bewick’s Wren singing its little, but powerful, heart out 💗 #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Hilarious juvenile osprey trying to land on the moving weather vane of a sail boat. It was completely ridiculous and unsuccessful. #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #birding

Mixed flock of Snow Geese, Greater White-fronted Geese and Canada Geese for the #Angles theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #nature #photography

Hovering White-tailed Kite for the #Angles theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #photography #nature

Male Hooded Merganser swimming under typically weird #angles (in several planes) during courtship for the #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #nature #photography

Wood Duck drake with a beautiful fresh feather coat among the lily pads . #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Greater Yellowlegs . . . #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Dark-eyed Junco on common hawthorn, an invasive plant in western North America #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

This juvenile Red-necked Grebe was a lifer for me. I was super excited to have found it! #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

It was a hilarious sight! This juvenile Osprey tried to perch on the weather vane of a sail boat. The boat and the vane kept moving and after much flapping of the wings the bird gave up. #birds #photography #nature #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlife

A pair of Galah cockatoos at their #home, a cavity in a Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna) for the #BlueSkyArtShow 🌏 Edna Hunt Sanctuary, Sydney 🇦🇺 . #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Wetlands are my #home #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #sunrise

Crimson Rosella at its #home for the #BlueSkyArtShow 🌏 Edna Hunt Sanctuary, Sydney 🇦🇺 #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Black-crowned Night Heron flyby. 🌎 Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area CA #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Great Blue Heron looking out over Lake Washington. #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Wood Duck preening #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Green Heron walking on lily pads. #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

This Yellow Warbler caught a yummy cranefly on a stopover in a willow tree, as migration is in full swing along the west coast. #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

When a Bushtit is tired of being called a “cute little fluff ball”… #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #angrybirds

Sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 for the #summer theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow #flowers #sunflowers #bees #sunny #photography

Western Wood-pewee making a point. 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Canvasback hen #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Northern House Wren 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

He is always there… 🌎 Northern California #greatblueheron #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

My favorite shiny thing for the #BlueSkyArtShow #shiny theme: the iridescent gorget (throat patch) of the Rufous Hummingbird #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

The little guy reminded me of Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes😂 Clark’s Grebe 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

White-tailed Kite 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Sunrise with Sacramento #skyline 🌎 Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area #sunrise #photography #nature #naturephotography #scape

Green Heron 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

The cutest of the North American grebes, by a lot: the Pied-billed Grebe. 🥰 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Mom (left), dad and babies of the Western Grebe, where the males are larger than the females. 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Western Bluebird parents are now molting their worn feather coats. They seem to be self conscious about it and this daddy took a 💩 right after this shot, to show how he felt about me. 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Juvenile Western Bluebird 🌎 Northern California #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

Courtship flight of 5 pintail drakes in pursuit of 1 hen, with the #Skyline of Sacramento in the background. Shot last January. 🌎 Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, CA #BlueSkyArtShow #birds #photography #birdphotography #birding #nature #naturephotography #wildlife