Scaly-munia are starving at 3 pm. #birds #scalymunia

Good morning #birds #housefinch #birdfy

Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival 2025 #sawdustfestival2025 #lagunabeachcalifornia #streetphotography

scarlet rumped tanager, female in the rain #birds #costarica

Aren't they cute! #birds #housefinch #morning #breakfast

The blue morpho butterfly in Costa Rica...looking a bit ragged. #insects #butterfly #bluemorpho #bluemorph #costarica

The beautiful nictitating membrane of the red-eyed tree frog, protecting its eyes from drying out. #amphibians #redeyedtreefrog #nictitatingmembrane #costarica

The anhinga cooling off in the Tarcoles River, Costa Rica. #birds #anhinga #costarica #tarcolesriver

The beautiful red and green macaw of Costa Rica. #birds #macaw #costarica

The brown hooded parrot of Costa Rica #birds #costarica #brownhoodedparrot

Happy Mother's Day #birds #avocet #mothersday

Caught on the Birdfy webcam this morning....baby female house finch begging for food, male parent feeding baby from the feeder. #birds #housefinch #birdfy #feeding

last of the exercises at the end of the day... #horse #whitehorse #racehorse #horseexercise

Spring morning under cloudy skies and drizzle #flowers #Spring #morningwalk

Happy Earth Day from our local wildlife refuge...thankful we still have these places for nature. #Earthday2025 #birds #nature #wildlife #SoCal

HE IS RISEN! Even the red-necked pheasant noticed. #birds #redneckedpheasant #Easter

Easter by the roadside...waiting on the hour. #Easter #cross #purple #HolyWeek

It's one of those lazy, hot, end of day moments with the female mallard duck stretching her neck before flying off. #ducks #mallard #female #birds

World wildlife day finds the peregrine falcon waiting in its scrape for the other falcon to arrive for a little courting....atop the County Courthouse in Elizabeth, NJ USA #birds #peregrinefalcon #courting

the colorful chukar strolled through the ghosts in the Calico Ghost Town, California #birds #chukar

red tailed hawk enjoying the late afternoon sun while surveying the fields for food #birds #redtailedhawk #endofday

female northern harrier buzzes the ponds, making the blackbirds flush...into the evening. #birds #northernharrier #blackbirds

end of day in the wildlife refuge with the female northern kestrel and the song sparrow...lovely soft light. #birds #femalenorthernkestrel #northernkestrel #songsparrow #waninglight #endofday

Raptors everywhere these days....in the wildlife refuge with the Merlin and in the backyard at the birdbath with the Cooper's Hawk #birds #raptors #merlin #cooper'shawk #wildlife

A male wood duck and a female bufflehead duck float peacefully by my camera. #duck #ducks #woodduck #bufflehead

northern shovelers out foraging...nothing like togetherness in shoveling. #birds #northernshoveler

whimbrel and oyster #birds #whimbrel #shorebird

The three amigos at the beach... #birds #Californiabrownpelicans #pelicans

Forster's tern preening #birds #forsterstern

California brown pelican over rough waters #birds #brownpelican

California brown pelicans in flight #birds #pelican #brownpelican

song sparrow with a slug #birds #songsparrow

Love on the rocks...Brandt's Comorants #birds #brantscomorant

American kestrel taking a break from the wind #birds #americankestrel

Red-tailed hawk soaring high #birds #redtailedhawk #birdsofprey

California towhee also snacking in the dried grasses #birds #towhee

American pipit going to a lot of work for an insect snack #birds #photography #birdphotography #pipit

white crowned sparrow eating in the dead grasses of the local wildlife refuge #birds #photography

long tailed duck and female King Eider in our SoCal harbor #birds #photography

the moment the egret realizes he has lost his vole to the hawk #birds

mule deer buck resting in the afternoon light #muledeer #bosquedelapachenationalwildliferefuge #afternoon

female red-winged blackbird eating #birds #redwingedblackbird #eating #seed #Bernardowildlifemanagementarea

Juvenile snow geese finding the corn treasure snack. #birds #photography #snowgeese #cornfield #Bernardowildlifemanagementarea #eating #juvenile

Sandhill crane at early light. #birds #photography #sandhillcrane #bernardowildlifemanagementarea

Sandhill cranes early dawn walking the frozen fields before flying off to better and warmer pastures. #birds #sandhillcranes #photography #bernardowildlifemanagementarea #dawn #migration

Sandhill cranes at dusk/night and snow geese in the morning. Lovely outing in Bernardo Wildlife Management Area, NM. #birds #sandhillcranes #snowgeese #Bernardowildlifemanagementarea #NM #photography

Sandhill cranes walking the ponds at dawn #birds #sandhillcranes #bosquedelapache