 Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) |
 Western Scrub-Jay hiding an acorn |
 Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
 Horned Grebe in morning light |
 Female Common Goldeneye after being chased up on shore by amorous male |
 Persistent Male Common Goldeneye pursuing female |
 Anna's Hummingbird gathering spider webs for it's nest |
 Pied-billed Grebe |
 Male Cinnamon Teal |
 Down the hatch! |
 Success!! |
 Going for the crayfish |
 Great Egret stalking a crayfish |
 American Robin eating a juniper berry |
 Ring-billed Gull scoops out meal from bivalve |
 American Robin eating a juniper berry (Crop) |
 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) |
 Marbled Godwit goes after a meal |
 Marbled Godwit goes into the mud after a meal |
 Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) |
 Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) |
 White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) |
 White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) |
 White-faced Ibis stretching |
 White-faced Ibis grabs a fish from the shallows |
 Northern Flicker |
 Northern Flicker |
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
 Sharp-shinned Hawk grooming |
 Sharp-shinned Hawk |
 Red-tailed Hawk |
 Wrentit |
 Wrentit singing |
 Spotted Towhee displaying |
 Acorn Woodpecker |
 White-faced Ibis and American Avocet |
 Anna's Hummingbird (male) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (male) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (male) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (male) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (male) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (male) |
 California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 Great Blue Heron with gopher kill |
 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) |
 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) |
 Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) |
 Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) |
 Wild Turkey, male |
 Wrentit |
 California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) |
 Wrentit |
 Western Bluebird |
 Barn Owl sleeping in conifer |
 Northern Flickers feeding on ants |
 Northern Flicker, female |
 Northern Flicker, male |
 Red-breasted Sapsucker |
 Tree Swallows |
 Tree Swallow |
 Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) |
 Anna's Hummingbird |
 Hermit Thrush |
 Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) |
 American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) |
 Oak Titmouse (Parus inornatus) |
 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronta) |
 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) |
 Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttalii) |
 Warbling Vireo (Cropped) |
 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) |
 Female California Quail |
 Male California Quail |
 Oak Titmouse (Parus inornatus) |
 Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) |
 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) |
 Allen's Hummingbird in a light shower (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Anna's Hummingbird |
 Anna's Hummingbird (in a light shower) |
 Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) |
 Singing Bewick's Wren |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (in a light shower) |
 Anna's Hummingbird, male |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Surf Scoter, female (Melanitta perspicillata) |
 Surf Scoter, male (Melanitta perspicillata) |
 Red-winged Blackbird, male (Agelaius phoeniceus) |
 Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) |
 Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) |
 Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) |
 Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Golden-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapila) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Golden-Crowned Sparrow snacking on blossoms |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) |
 Singing House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) |
 House Wren carrying LARGE stick into nest (Troglodytes aedon) |
 House Wren at entrance to nest (Troglodytes aedon) |
 Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) |
 Singing Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) |
 Singing Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) |
 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) |
 Anna's Hummingbird in mostly completed nest (Calypte anna) |
 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
 Pocket Gopher |
 Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) |
 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) |
 Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) |
 Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) |
 Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) |
 Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) |
 Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) |
 Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) |
 Black-throated Grey Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) |
 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) |
 Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens) |
 Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Parus rufescens) |
 Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
 Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) |
 Common Yellowthroat ( Geothlypis trichas) |
 Northern Flicker, female (Colaptes auratus) |
 Female Northern Flicker feeding on ants. Note the wings in the bill. |
 Short-billed Dowitcher |
 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) |
 American Avocet Chick (Recurvirostra americana) |
 American Avocet Chick (Recurvirostra americana) |
 American Avocet sheltering her two chicks (one completely off the ground) |
 Black-necked Stilt sheltering her two chicks from cold, wind and predators |
 Three Black-necked Stilt chicks hunting for food |
 Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) |
 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) |
 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) |
 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) |
 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) |
 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) |
 Double-crested Cormorants, part of the 500+ birds pursuing fish (Phalacrocoras auritus) |
 Brown Pelican preparing to dive into a school of fish (Pelecanus occidentalis) |
 Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) |
 Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) |
 Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) |
 Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) |
 Brewer's Blackbird leaning into a strong wind (Euphagus cyanocephalus) |
 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) |
 Yellow Warbler, Immature (Dendroica petechia) |
 Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) |