An osprey enjoys a snack somewhere north of Jenner, CA on highway 1 🪶

Turkey vultures got really excited about a dead seal on the beach 🪶

Pelican at the end of the day (San Mateo, CA) 🪶

Brown pelican cruises above the surf in Point Arena, CA 🪶

From the outer richmond all the way downtown

White-tailed kite waiting for dusk 🪶

Get out your strike-anywhere matches and start saying 'baby'

It's been a couple of months since I last saw a great horned owl so I was super pleased when this fella sat and posed 🪶

Northern shoveler gives me the side eye. Migrating ducks are coming back to the Bay Area now (Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA) 🪶

Point Arena lighthouse seen from Manchester Beach

One of my personal favorites, the Townsend's warbler, is back in the Bay Area 😍 🪶

Waiting. 🪶

Biking on the trail just after sunset and what gets caught in the bike lights? The first burrowing owl of the season! So great to have these back in the Bay Area for the winter! 😍 🪶

Cormorant at Las Gallinas, CA 🪶

Red crossbills hanging out in Half Moon Bay, CA 🪶

What’s the deal with the Kaiser trucks rolling around Polk st today? I know open enrollment is coming soon but this seems a bit aggressive…

A dahlia for the #flowerreport ❤️ #bloomscrolling

Wilson's phalarope bobbing around at Coyote Hills Regional Park last month (Fremont, CA) 🪶

Busted! A red-shouldered hawk spotted me while it was taking a break in the Presidio of San Francisco 🪶

Black oystercatcher digging to treasures at Heron's Head yesterday (San Francisco, CA) 🪶

It's great to have yellow-rumped warblers back in town after a summer away. This one was splashing around at the Fort Mason Community Garden (San Francisco, CA) 🪶

Last week I caught this egret catching a crayfish at Coyote Hills Regional Park 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay

I had the delightful experience of spending half an hour in the company of a couple of least bitterns this week. I'm obsessed with their small bodies, large feet and how they hang onto the reeds as they hunt for small fish. 🪶

A tiny Savannah sparrow taking a break 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay

Getting the side-eye (Heermann's gull, Half Moon Bay, CA) 🪶

You have to include CAR WASH because it'll make you feel good and the soundtrack is basically perfect.

On the hunt (Red-tailed hawk, San Francisco) 🪶

Earthquake!

Trying to be a tough guy 🪶 Brewer's blackbird in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Hawk came by to say hello yesterday 🪶

A prairie warbler in its element but also out of its element. Normal range is in the southeastern US, but this one was spotted by @brittashoot.com in the Presidio of San Francisco. I hope it's enjoying its new west coast lifestyle! 😎 🪶

Hold on, I have to get ready for my big moment 🪶

The brown pelican is my spark bird and I'll always be fascinated by these dinosaurs no matter how many I see 🥰 🪶 📍Half Moon Bay, CA & Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA

Nap time 😴 🪶

On the beach first delight! Then... disappointment 🪶

Labor Day, San Francisco 🌁

Hard to pick a favorite. Brown pelican at Marin Headlands, white pelican in Las Gallinas this past week 🪶

Cormorant was nice enough to turn its head in my direction (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco) 🪶

I had the pleasure of watching She Rides Shotgun last night (based on the fantastic book by @jordanharper.bsky.social). Ana Sophia Heger's performance is stellar and John Carroll Lynch's moustache... The ending was great 😭 💔 and I was pleased to add it to my favorite @letterboxd.social list:

Mallard in the late afternoon light 🦆 🪶

Some birds are hard to spot and then there are scrub jays who tell you exactly where they are 🪶

How your email finds me 💌 🦭

...and one flying over me yesterday 😂 🪶

Normally skittish this Say's phoebe did not care about me at all 🪶

Osprey cruising around the port of Oakland, CA 🪶

Marbled godwits and a willet at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park (Oakland, CA) 🪶

I have never in my life waited for something as impatiently as I'm waiting for these 4K/blu-ray releases from @shoutstudios.bsky.social

A northern harrier takes a short break to check the surroundings before going back to eating a small rodent 🪶 📍 Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA

This was a great listen and I got unreasonably excited about a potential Frankenheimer draft, but it must include certified Ronin expert @oneblakeminute.bsky.social. If nothing else as penance for the Michael Mann slander at the end of this episode 💔

Let it all out! A young white-tailed kite releasing some emotions 🪶 📍 Ed R. Levin County Park, Milpitas, CA