Baby wild turkey n the garden. Marshall, CA #birds

Congratulations to Drs Jeffery L Larkin & Nils Warnock for winning AOS 2026 Ralph W Schreiber Conservation Awards for conservation-related contributions to ornithology. https://americanornithology.org/aos-announces-2026-award-winners-for-research-service-conservation-publication/ #AOSAwards

My first Gray Hairstreak of the season. Marshall, CA #butterflies

Always a treat when you get to see as well as hear the beautiful Yellow-breasted Chat. Only the second one I have seen here at Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA. #birds

Wrentit singing its evening song, Marshall, CA #birds

Orange-crowned Warbler in the willows #birds

Warning – a disturbing picture. Take care of your fishing gear! It can kill wildlife. A Double-crested Cormorant that got its head stuck in a crab trap and then got tangled in a tree with deadly results. Marshall, Tomales Bay, CA.

Roosting Great Horned Owl, Drake's Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

A flock of migrating Bonaparte's Gulls that came in for a rest and drink at Point Reyes National Seashore today. #bird

A beautiful Gray Fox sitting in our driveway. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #wildlife

The no-spots, Spotted Sandpiper hunting invertebrates. Should be molting into breeding plumage (=spots) soon. Marshall, CA #shorebirds #birds

I have been looking for this Anna's Hummingbird nest for the past week. I finally found it less than a meter off of the path I walk almost every day. Marshall, CA #birds

Shorebird migration is on here along the central California coast. A flock of Hudsonian Whimbrel making the move. #birds #shorebirds

The strike - Great Egret in the process of catching a stickleback. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

She just froze and stared at me. A female Anna's Hummingbird that I suspect has a nearby nest. Marshall, CA #birds

Snowy Plover trying to look like a Wrybill. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

New article in Oikos with a global review of annual survival for waders comparing estimation methods and phylogeny. Survival increases with body mass but decreases with migration distance and during past 40 years. Team led by @dillensegerg.bsky.social. #ornithology #waders doi.org/10.1002/oik....

As #CMSCOP15 starts today, AFP highlights the Hudsonian godwit, one of the world’s most extraordinary migratory birds which has declined 95% in just four decades, showing why international action matters now more than ever. In English: www.france24.com/en/live-news... En français : f24.my/Bog9

Horned Lark in the setting sun. Tomales, CA #birds

A floofed out White-crowned Sparrow in Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #birds

Western Sandpiper that is just beginning to molt into its breeding plumage. The count down begins. Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. #shorebirds #birds

Thank you co-authors! Happy to have this one out. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Nice! Previous BTO longevity record for Curlew was 32 years 7 months, set in 2011. Blog with longevity records for other waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... #ornithology

Half a smelt is better than no smelt. Our local Osprey brought his/her half eaten fish to the nest tree. Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA #birds

Strutting toms and unimpressed females. Wild turkeys at Cypress Grove, Marshall, CA. #birds

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The Spotted Towhees are singing away at the Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds

Defending his territory - male Anna's Hummingbird at Cypress Grove, Tomales Bay, CA #birds

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Western Sandpiper, Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore, CA #birds #shorebirds

Last chance to apply for this PhD opportunity ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD Closing date: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology

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Townsend's Warbler feeding among the willow catkins. #birds

A merganser explosion - Common Mergansers flushing out of the Livermore Marsh, Marshall, CA #birds

Male Western Bluebird, Cypress Grove Preserve, Marshall, CA #birds

Sunset on the hills above Marshall, CA.

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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

Your activism will be even more important this year. Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

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