Male Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) |
Male Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) |
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) |
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) |
Lesser Goldfinch |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Anna's Hummingbird in the rain |
Western Scrub-Jay |
Western Scrub-Jay |
Eyes closed, feet up, wings back__Dive!! |
Upside Down!!! |
The Getaway |
On target |
The Chase |
The Dive |
Horned Grebe |
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk |
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk |
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk |
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk |
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk at last light |
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk at last light |
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk - Still hunting at last light of the day |
Greater Yellowlegs - Looking for dinner |
Greater Yellowlegs - Sounding off |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
Female Common Goldeneye |
Anna's Hummingbird on her nest |
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
Ring-billed Gull |
Ring-billed Gull |
Canvasback swallowing a clam |
Canada Goose checks out Shoreline Lake from 100 feet in the air |
Male Canvasback - Full of clams, resting but watching |
Ring-billed Gull grabs a fish in the shallows |
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) |
Just before sunset |
Snow at "The Abyss" on the way up to "Hermit's Rest" |
Female Desert Bighorn Sheep |
Early morning light at Yaqi Point |
White-breasted Nuthatch greets the dawn at Yaqi Point |
Lewis' Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) |
Lewis' Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) |
Rodent for lunch |
Setting the lunch table |
Anna's Hummingbird on her nest |
Canada Geese - Formation Flying |
Canada Geese - Formation Flying (Cropped) |
Anna's Hummingbird babies |
Female Anna's Hummingbird and babies |
Canada Goose |
Canada Goose |
Male and Female Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) - Mating display |
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricallis) |
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricallis) |
Snowy Egret |
Great Horned Owl on it's nest |
Black Phoebe |
Snowy Egret chasing minnows |
Snowy Egret |
Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) - Excavating for a nest on a dead snag |
(Irritated) Anna's Hummingbird |
Anna's Hummingbird |
Tree Swallow at nest hole |
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) |
Male Wild Turkey displaying to an uninterested female |
Male Wild Turkey displaying to two females |
Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) |
Red-tailed Hawk on flag pole of old yacht club |
Red-tailed Hawk on flag pole of old yacht club |
Red-tailed Hawk on flag pole of old yacht club |
Red-tailed Hawk after being buzzed by a male Northern Harrier (Note the nictitating membrane protecting it's eyes) |
Snowy Egret |
Snowy Egret out on a limb |
Snowy Egret flyover |
Male Wild Turkey |
Male Wild Turkey |
Steller's Jay |
Red-shouldered Hawk leaving the nest |
Red-shouldered Hawk ready to leave the nest after shift change |
Red-shouldered Hawk pair on nest |
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) |
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) |
Forster's Tern Spots a Fish |
Forster's Tern - Twists it's body to position itself |
Forster's Tern - Lined up and on it's way to the fish |
Great Egret - Close crop of adjusting stick #4 |
Great Egret at early stages of nest building(Stick #4) |
Road crossing completed. Why did the skunk cross the road? I haven't a clue. |
Male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) |
Male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
Golden Eagle joining it's mate |
Female Lesser Goldfinch eating seeds of an English Lavender |
Male Lesser Goldfinch |
Male Lesser Goldfinch |
Unknown Insect on Mexican Sage spire |
Unknown Insect on Mexican Sage spire |
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapila) |
Female Acorn Woodpecker |
Female Acorn Woodpecker with a longitudinally split acorn |
Female Acorn Woodpecker |
Male Acorn Woodpecker |
Male Northern Harrier |
Male Northern Harrier |
Female Northern Flicker demonstrates the importance of a nictitating membrane |
Female Northern Flicker scratches an itch |
Female Northern Flicker |
Female Northern Flicker |
Female Northern Flicker |
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) |
Redhead (Aythya americana) |
Redhead (Aythya americana) |
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricallis) |
Snowy Egret |
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
Positioning fish to swallow |
Fish grabbed from shallows |
The Chased |
The Chase |