Black-necked Stilt roaming the Central Valley of California. #birds #shorebirds

Tundra Swans feeding in flooded rice fields somewhere outside of Colusa, CA #birds

Snow geese flying by at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, CA. #birds.

The elephant seals are back. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. One of the big males defending the beach.

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The King Tide at Tomales Bay today did not bother this Great Blue Heron. #birds

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Waiting for the New Year - Harbor Seal and Bufflehead on Tomales Bay, Marshall, CA. Happy New Year. #birds

Male Bufflehead courting and chasing females at Tomales Bay, Marshall, CA #birds

In between winter storms at Tomales Bay, Least Sandpipers. #birds #shorebirds

Boat portion of yesterday’s Point Reyes Christmas Bird Count was dead calm. Here passing by Cypress Grove. #birds

Snowy Egret on a windy day. Cypress Grove, Tomales Bay, CA #birds

Long-billed Dowitcher in its Basic glory. Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore. #shorebirds #birds

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Agitated Hermit Thrush scolding me. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds

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A young Anna's Hummingbird, Fremont, CA #birds

Downy Woodpecker up in the persimmon tree. Fremont, CA #birds

A ground-breaking study has revealed that migratory songbirds follow an unexpectedly rigid and genetically driven flight pattern, challenging long‑held views of migration as a flexible, externally dictated process:

These fences can be dangerous for birds, especially placed out into the water. Point Reyes National Seashore. #birds #shorebirds

Snowy Egret chasing herring at Tomales Bay, CA. #birds

Marbled Godwit feeding amongst spider webs in the salt grass. Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Sun rising over Point Reyes Station, CA on a late Fall morning.

Watching the waves come in - Marbled Godwit feeding along the shoreline. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds #shorebirds

Brush Rabbit wondering what I am doing. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #wildlife

The smallest of the shorebirds - Least Sandpiper feeding at Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #shorebirds #birds

Great Blue Heron flying along Tomales Bay. Marshall, CA #birds

Rush hour on the shorebird highway. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #shorebirds #birds

Fly by Marble Godwit. Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #shorebirds #birds

The gems of my yard. Anna's Hummingbird defending it's territory. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds

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Oak Titmouse, Fremont, CA #birds

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Western Sandpipers are molting into their non-breeding plumage. A few Dunlin have already molted. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Early morning wing stretch by the Black Oystercatcher. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #shorebird #bird

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Challenges in population monitoring: Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) on the East Atlantic Flyway defy assumed population structure | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Jesse R. Conklin, Roeland A. Bom, Åke Lindström, Pierrick Bocher, Theunis Piersma | #ornithology 🪶

We'll be interested to see how many Short-eared Owls cross the North Sea and spend the winter in Britain. 🦉 Read about BTO’s research tracking Short-eared Owls here ➡️ bit.ly/TrackingSEO #Ornithology #RaptorResearch 📷 Short-eared Owl by Liz Cutting/BTO

Late afternoon and the Great Blue Heron, Point Reyes National Seashore #birds

First year Dunlin roosting in a sea of Western Sandpipers (Long-billed Dowitchers in the background). Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Dropping in - a flock of Marbled Godwits arriving at the roost site. Bodega Bay, CA #birds #shorebirds

A little serenity for a very disturbed world - preening Black Turnstone, Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds #shorebirds

The drizzly weather continues on the central California coast but the Black Turnstones appear to enjoy it. Marshall, CA. #birds #shorebirds

A little bit of rain and the Rough-skinned Newts are popping out at Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA

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Looking regal. Common Raven at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #birds

A handsome Marbled Godwit with some very worn wing coverts cruising the shoreline. Marshall, CA #birds #shorebirds

American White Pelicans going after some type of forage fish (anchovies?) in Tomales Bay, Marshall, CA #birds

Bobcat that was hunting in Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #wildlife