Otters taking a quick break in Point Reyes National Seashore 🦦 ❤️

One-legged California towhee at the Fort Mason Community Garden. No idea how it lost a leg, but it was jumping around seemingly unbothered 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay

My favorite orbs 🪶

Magnolia portraits from the San Francisco Botanical Garden #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling

Black phoebe in Golden Gate Park yesterday afternoon 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #portrait

Hutton's vireo snatches a bug from a branch in Half Moon Bay 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Bugs

I was so excited to see Bill Paxton with a pile of cash and a big glass of milk in A SIMPLE PLAN tonight that I had to share even though it's already on the list 🥛 💰 #milknoir

Hermit thrush 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay 📍 Fort Mason Community Garden, San Francisco

Who found who? Great-horned owl peeks out from its hiding place in Half Moon Bay, CA 🪶 #SuperbOwl

👯‍♀️ 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay

Yellowlegs really showing off those yellow legs 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay

Earthquake?

My #FavouriteoftheMonth is this varied thrush. Not because it's the best photo I took but because it was my first lifer of 2026 😍 🪶 #BirdoftheDay 📍 San Francisco, CA

Red-shouldered hawk trying to get a good look 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact

The humble California towhee #BirdOfTheDay 🪶

Another red eye: A canvasback emerges after digging through silt and mud 🪶

Eared grebe, I love their red eyes 🪶

Western meadowlark really stands out among all the green 🪶

I listened to this episode last year on the @ohmpods.bsky.social patreon and again this past week when it hit the main feed. It's an all-timer and from this point on required listening before you watch Sicario. No one is allowed to opine on the movie unless they reckon with Jordan's words first.

Savannah sparrow (Seal Point Park, San Mateo, CA) 🪶

Cooper's hawk taking a brief break 🪶

Freddie Steele builds up strength to take on Dan Duryea in BLACK ANGEL (1946) #milknoir 🥛

A great egret managed to grab what I think is a bushtit 😱 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay

Good morning. 🦉 🪶

Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve last month. It's a really special place ❤️ 🌲 Maintained by @postlandtrust.bsky.social who has made an incredible amount of nature available to the public.

So much power for such a tiny snack 😂 🪶

Big doggie on the trail today 🐺

🐰 ❤️

Snack time 🪶

Cooper's hawk eating... another Cooper's hawk 😳 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay 📍 Corte Madera, CA

Back to chasing short-eared owls this past weekend #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 🦉

An unexpected start to the year

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Say's phoebe 🪶

Keep wildlife wild 🪶

Usually kestrels are pretty skittish, but this beautiful lady landed right next to the trail without a care in the world 🪶

Morris is the only northern gannet in California, having made its way over from the Atlantic. If you're lucky you can see it in Half Moon Bay! 🪶

Peregrine falcon couple at Devil's Slide, Pacifica, CA 🪶

The elusive Sora 🪶

Every year is a big year! And we’ve entered a dedicated, deeply satisfying era of birding. Personally observed over 220 species in California in 2025 & spotted many rarities even as relative novices. Fortunate to spend much of my life outdoors with my photog sweetie, observing our surroundings. 🦉🧵

Mute swan (Las Gallinas) 🪶

Red-shouldered hawk 🪶

One cursed choice, one inspired choice...

Pelican takes a short break from diving for fish in the last light of the day at Marina Green, San Francisco #BirdOfTheDay 🪶

New Year’s resolutions: 1. Get into Ian Drury & The Blockheads 2. Apply oil to my bike chain on a regular cadence

Point Bonita and the lighthouse as seen from Immigration Point (on Dec. 30 when the sun was shining in San Francisco)

Feeling grateful to have been able to spend quality time with short-eared owls this month 🥰 🪶 🦉

Elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore yesterday. A bit of noise making but no drama. Just chillin' on the beach 🥰 🦭

A couple of lifers to round out 2025! Both vagrants in the SF Bay Area and both spotted by @brittashoot.com so I could take photos. A yellow-crowned night heron in Sausalito last week and a long-tailed duck (without the long tail) in Alameda yesterday 🪶

Good morning 🪶