#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography Theme of the day is #CollectingFood Along the coast, from adorable to repulsive, everybody's got to eat. What would we do without scavengers?

#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography Reposting this photo of a raven #Corvids I took in Yosemite with the Falls reflected in his eye. Sometimes #naturephotography is about luck.

#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography Alt theme #Green

#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography #OM1markii #Birdbutts Dark-eyed junco

#Birding #Birdphotography #OM1 #Birdbathing I got such a kick out of this western bluebird taking a bath after a rainstorm.

#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography. #OM1 Couldn't resist posting this white-crowned sparrow in a pothole puddle as a #waterbird.

#BirdoftheDay #Birdphotography #Birding #OM1 Great egret and marbled godwit. #Oddcouples #TwosDay

#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography #OM1 #Posted Love this theme for today because mostly I crop out the post as if I caught the bird sitting quietly on a branch :-). Golden-crowned sparrow.

#Birdoftheday #Birding #Birdphotography Theme for today is #Serenity. #OM1 Snowy egret waiting for the right moment.

#Birdoftheday #Birding #Birdphotography #Longnecks Yoga anyone?

#BirdoftheDay #Birding #Birdphotography #OM1 #Reflections Sanderlings scurrying on the beach

#Birdoftheday #Openwings #Birding #Birdphotography Great blue heron.

#BirdoftheDay #Ducks #Birding #Birdphotography #OM1 Pied-billed grebe eating eel grass. Love the colorful feathers on its back.

#BirdoftheDay #Eyecontact #Birding #Birdphotography #OM1 Saw this nice surprise: A golden-crowned sparrow.

#BirdoftheDay #Paddling Pair of pelicans paddling. #Bird #Birding #Birdphotography

#BirdOfTheDay #walking Long-billed curlew on a mission. #birdphotography

#Birdoftheday is a singing bird. #birdphotography #birding. Red-winged blackbird showing off his colors.

#birdoftheday #birding #birdphotography How about birds stalking? #birdstalking If only we could all be so focused and calm!

#birdoftheday #twoofakind #birding #birdphotography. Always appreciate when male and female are together. Northern pintail ducks.

#Birdoftheday #longbeaks Here’s two long-billed curlews beak out and beak sheltered. Seems like a comical burden to carry around—not that they know it.

Today’s theme. #Birdsinflight. Forster’s tern. #birds #birdphotography

Birds getting territorial. #birds #birdphotography #territorial I wouldn’t mess with a great #egret either.

Cassin’s kingbird eyeing me suspiciously. #birding #birdphotography #moody #moodybirds

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Bird of the day. I hardly ever saw Western bluebirds in my area until recently. Is that because they weren’t there? Or I wasn’t tuned into seeing them. Anyway, they’re sweet little birds, here facing the setting sun. #birds #birdphotography

Bird of the day. I love the flattop haircut on this Western grebe. #birding #birdphotography #westerngrebe

Bird photo of the day. White-crowned sparrow taking a bath in a street puddle. #birding #birdphotography #om1mark2 #splash #rain

Sometimes we get lucky. Here’s a photo of a raven I took in Yosemite with the mountains reflected in its eye. #birding #birdphotography #americanraven #raven

I just love how this #yellowrumpedwarbler is ready for anything. #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #OlympusOM1

Always a good day when I see an oyster catcher. #birding #birdphotography #oystercatcher #olympus

When hope is fleeting, birds never fail to lift me up. Pipeline Road in Panama. This exquisite black-throated trogon. #birding #birdphotography #canopytower

Bird of the day. Broad-billed Motmot. #CanopyTower Panama. #birding #birdphotography

Whooping Motmot along Pipeline Road, Panama. #birding #photography #birdphotography #Panama

Favorite bird of the day at #CanopyTower. #Panama. Female barred antshrike. #birding #photography

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There were hundreds of pelicans along the bluff but I loved seeing this pair. #birds #birdphotography #pelicans #brownpelicans

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Cows in a tete-a-tete at the trailhead. #hiking #cows #photography

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Hanging out by the trail. #birds #birding #birdphotography #turkeyvulture

I’ve found birders to be exceptionally helpful, generous, and certainly more knowledgeable than I am. Thank you for pointing out this rare little blue heron! #birds #birding #birdphotography

Don’t even think about hitting that ball into the sand trap. #birds #birding #birdphotography #heron #greatblueheron

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I think this what intimidation looks like. #scrubjay #birds #birding #birdphotography

Reddish Egret near Cayucos. A life for me and a rare treat. #birds #birding #birdphotography

On the beach north of Cayucos. It’s a good day when you see a snowy plover. Also a yellow legs and a dowitcher (at least that’s what I think it is :-). #birds #birdwatching #snowyplover #birdphotography

Two towhees chatting about the latest news. Close enough to capture them on my iPhone. Not close enough to hear what they’re saying. #birds #birdwatching #towhees #birdphotography

Lovely acorn woodpecker in my backyard. #birding #backyardbirding #photography

Brown-eared Bulbul. Meiji-Jingu, Tokyo. #birds #birdphotography #lifer