Birds 2025

Mandarin Duck	Reddish Egret (Juvenile)	Flying high!	1Q0A7823.jpg	1Q0A7042.jpg
1Q0A7084.jpg	Greater Yellowlegs	0J7A1570-denoise-clear-denoise-denoise1.jpg	DSC_7347 1.jpg	DSC_0767 1.jpg
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0J7A0121 1.jpg	0J7A0061.jpg	Hooded Merganser Santee Lakes, 11/30/25	0J7A8496 1.jpg	0J7A7301_1.jpg
Swimming into the mist Santee Lakes, 11/28/25	0J7A6221.jpg	Cedar Waxwing munching on a berry	DSC_5777.jpg	Crows harrassing a drenched Red Shouldered Hawk trying to dry off
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Belted King fisher looking at the gnats flying around him Santee lakes, 11/9/25	Getting rid of all this water weight! II	Getting rid of all this water weight!	0K6A9574.jpg	Belted King Fisher went fishing!
DSC_7152 1.jpg	Strike a pose!📷 Female Belted King Fisher showing her good side!😁 Evans Pond, 10/26/25	Belted King Fisher munching on a small crawfish, Evans Pond	0K6A9404.jpg	0K6A8892.jpg
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Mandarin Duck	DSC_1107_1 1.jpg	Greenie got something slimey!	Scaly-breasted Munia, Evans Pond 9/11/25	Gotcha!
King Fisher love!!❤️❤️❤️	flying back up from a dive	DSC_3447.jpg	Finally got my breakfast!	Female Belted King Fisher
The Least Bittern peeking outside the reeds....	0K6A4863.jpg	Female Mallard sleeping with one eye open! Santee Lakes, 8/21/25	Mother and baby Common Gallinule. Baby is growing fast! Santee Lakes, 8/15	Get out of here! This is my fishing spot!
Caspian Tern	Greenie sneaking around through the reeds	Caspian Tern	Caspian Tern	Caspian Tern
Caspian Tern	The famous Whydah bird in flight!	Flying towards the camera!	Showing his tail feathers!	showing his good side!
Trying to impress the female	Pin-tailed whydah	1Q0A2899_1.jpg	Need my protein!	Caspian Tern caught something to eat
Least Bittern peeking through the reeds	Flying low with attitude	Under my umbrella	0J7A3877.jpg	0K6A3325_2 1.jpg
0J7A3737 1.jpg	DSC_4060A_1.jpg	Black-crowned Night Heron	Balancing act on the small piers handrail	Yellow-crowned Night Heron flying by
Red-Shouldered Hawk	0J7A3417 2.jpg	You can dooo it!	DSC_1462.jpg	0J7A1897 1.jpg
Pin-tailed Whydah	Great Blue Heron	Green Heron (Juvenile)	Egyptian Goose	Vermilion Flycatcher
Look what I got!	0J7A1360 2.jpg	0K6A0503 1-denoise-denoise.jpg	0K6A0039 2.jpg	DSC_0997.jpg
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The Mallard family Santee Lakes, 4/25/25	0J7A8989 1.jpg	DSC_1402_2 1.jpg	0J7A9090_1.jpg	0J7A9011.jpg
0J7A8815_1A.jpg	DSC_1372 1.jpg	Great Horned Owl and owlettes	Great Horned Owl and owlettes	Great Horned Owl and owlettes
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1Q0A9541-denoise-clear.jpg	Where is he?	DSC_1042_01.jpg	Ring-necked ducks	0K6A8765.jpg
Bad hair day!	Hooded Merganser	Hooded Merganser	Getting some material!	Tricolored Heron shading the light to see it's prey in the water
Fast Flyi'n Green Heron!	Got myself a trout! Osprey, Santee Lakes 3/10/25	Eagle pair in San Diego mountains	0J7A6879ABC.jpg	0J7A6853.jpg
0J7A6294_2.jpg	0J7A6948.jpg	DSC_9539 1.jpg	Cedar Waxwing	The popular Leucistic Wood Duck at Santee Lakes
itchy itchy itchy.....	Get away from here!	Oh no! I'm a goner!	Say's Phoebe jumping around looking for bugs Santee Lakes, 2/28/25	Sandhill Cranes
0J7A4536_1.jpg	California Quail	I'm an Owl because the flag says so....	A group of Ibis flying over the sun	Sanhill Cranes flying over the sun
Burrowing Owl take off	Flying to another branch	American Kestrel	Red Tailed hawk	Common Yellowthroat
Gotta rinse my toes!	The mighty Bald Eagle......, well.... looking Mighty!	Osprey with it's catch, captured through the bushes	Red -Breasted Merganser caught a small flatfish, but it was too wide to swallow.	0J7A7589 1-denoise-clear.jpg
Putting on the brakes to escape the bully! SD River Estuary, 1/28/25	Song Sparrow enjoying the rain	Burrowing Owl	Burrowing Owl	Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owl	Osprey barking (ok chirping madly) at a crow because it got too close. Crow didn't care though. Evans Pond, 1/22/25	DSC_2866.jpg	0J7A6799 3.jpg	0J7A6429 1.jpg
Large bird coming in!	DSC_1359-denoise-denoise.jpg	Northern Harrier	Redish Egret	Snowy Egret
Black Crowned Night Heron	California Scrub-Jay Walker Preserve Trail, Santee 1/4/25	Sora wondering around in the reeds