 Female Bullock's Oriole bringing a crane fly for nestlings (Icterus bullockii) |
 Black Phobe with a mouthful of bug (Sayornis nigricans) |
 Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) |
 Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) |
 Anna's Hummingbird feeding nestling (Calypte anna) |
 Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttalii) |
 Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) |
 Bullock's Oriole bringing food to nestlings (Icterus bullockii) |
 Hooded Oriole, Immature Male (Icterus cucullatus) |
 Rufous-crowned Sparrow with morning snack (Aimophila ruficeps) |
 Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) |
 House Wren at entrance to nest (Troglodytes aedon) |
 Bullock's Oriole Fledgling (Icterus bullockii) |
 Bullock's Oriole Fledgling (Icterus bullockii) |
 Female Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) |
 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) |
 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) |
 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) |
 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) |
 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) |
 Indigo Bunting grabbing a snack (Passerina cyanea) |
 Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) |
 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) |
 Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) |
 Bushtit, Male (Psaltriparus minimus) |
 Acorn Woodpecker, male (Melanerpes formicivorus) |
 Acorn Woodpecker, males (Melanerpes formicivorus) |
 California Quail, male and chicks (Callipepla california) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (polioptila caerolea) |
 California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (polioptila caerolea) |
 Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) |
 Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) |
 Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) |
 Red-tailed Hawk, immature (Buteo jamaicensis) |
 Red-tailed Hawk, adult (Buteo jamaicensis) |
 Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) |
 Black-headed Grosbeak eating berries |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 California Vole (Microtus californicus) |
 Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) |
 Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) |
 Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens) |
 Green Heron, out of it's element |
 Green Heron, hunting voles in a field |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
 Band-tailed Pigeon (Columbia fasciata) |
 Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) |
 Western Wood Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) |
 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) |
 Immature Great Blue Heron stalking breakfast |
 Spotted Towhee, missing all head and neck feathers |
 California Quail Chick |
 California Quail Chick |
 California Quail Chicks- (Tiny "eating machines") |
 California Quail Chick (crop from group shot) |
 California Quail Chick |
 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) |
 Female California Quail (Callipepla california) |
 Male California Quail (Callipepla california) |
 Great Blue Heron flying off with gopher |
 Great Blue Heron with gopher |
 Great Blue Heron stalking a gopher (Ardea herodias) |
 Black Phoebe (Cropped) (Sayornis nigricans) |
 Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) |
 Great Blue Heron, right after apparently swallowing a California Vole |
 Great Blue Heron with California Vole |
 Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) |
 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) |
 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) |
 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) |
 Immature White-tailed Kite with California Vole |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) |
 Immature Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) |
 Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
 Spotted Towhee, immature (Pipilo maculatus) |
 Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) |
 Black -throated Grey Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) |
 Black -throated Grey Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with small fly (Polioptila caerulea) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with small fly (cropped) |
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
 Common Raven (Corvus corax) |
 Burrowing Qwl (Speotyto cunicularia) |
 Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
 Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
 Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) |
 Great Egret with California vole |
 Great Blue Heron (Note blood on lower bill) |
 Great Blue Heron with California Vole |
 Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) |
 Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) |
 Sora Rail (Porzana carolina) |
 Sora Rail preening (Porzana carolina) |
 Sora Rail preening (Porzana carolina) |
 Sora Rail (Porzana carolina) |
 Sora Rail bathing (Porzana carolina) |
 Sora Rail bathing (Porzana carolina) |
 Pied-billed Grebe grabs a fish |
 Sora Rail moving slowly at the edge of the reeds (Porzana carolina) |
 American Wigeon (Anas americana) |
 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) |
 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) |
 Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) |
 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) |
 Northern Pintail (Anus acuta) |
 Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) |
 Immature Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) |
 American Avocets group feeding (Recurvirostra americana) |
 Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) |
 American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) |
 Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) |
 Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) |
 Merlin (Falco columbarius) |
 Merlin (Falco columbarius) |
 Hooded Merganser, swimming back to the middle of the pond for an after lunch nap (Lophodytes cuculiatus) |
 Hooded Merganser immediately after swallowing crayfish (Lophodytes cuculiatus) |
 Hooded Merganser swallowing crayfish (Lophodytes cuculiatus) |
 Hooded Merganser removing claw from crayfish (Lophodytes cuculiatus) |
 Hooded Merganser preparing to remove claw from crayfish (Lophodytes cuculiatus) |
 Hooded Merganser with crayfish (Lophodytes cuculiatus) |
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) |
 Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) |
 Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) |
 California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 California Thrasher digging a very deep hole (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) |
 Brown Pelican and one lucky fish (Pelecanus occidentalis) |
 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) |
 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) |
 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) |
 Cormorant stragglers with egrets on the bank hoping for fish |
 Snowy Egret with fish (Egretta thula) |
 Great and Snowy Egrets patiently waiting for fish to be driven to the shoreline by cormorants. |
 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocoras auritus) |