Birds 2026

DSC_8363.jpg	Scaly-breasted munias	Black Skimmer skimming the surface of the water for fish.	Flamingo take off!	Little Blue caught a small fish and some weeds
Pin-tailed Whydah	Pin-tailed Whydah	Pin-tailed Whydah	Pin-tailed Whydah	Pin-tailed Whydah
0J7A6988.jpg	Ash-throated Flycatcher	Little hummer buzzing along	Gathering feathers!	Got me some sushi wrapped in algae!
Juvenile Black-crowned Night heron spreading its wings!	Mallard take-off!	Great Blue Heron	0J7A6445_1.jpg	DSC01577 1.jpg
Bushtit	Tiny little Bushtit in the bushes!	House Finch taking a break	House finch taking off to the flowers below	Blue Grosbeak
A rare visitor makes an appearance to Santee Lakes.	Western Bluebird (Juvenile)	Little Black Phoebe flying towards me!	The Least Bittern makes an appearance!	Here baby grebe! Eat this feather to protect your stomach!
Give me, give me, give me....	Eared Grebe looking curious!	House Sparrow	Snowy Egret flyby!	Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Look into my eyes!	A soaking wet Cassin's Kingbird.	Western Flycatcher	DSC_7076.jpg	DSC_7037.jpg
Flying this way, I can see more!	3 little piggies staying warm on mama's back	Caspian Tern	Caspian Tern with a fish!	Osprey gathering nesting material
Western Gull chasing the Black-necked Stilt	Western Gull caught a fish	Caspian Terns catching fish!	Caspian Terns catching fish!	Caspian Terns catching fish!
female wood duck with fuzzy hair, backlit	Cassin's Kingbird	0J7A3944_1 2.jpg	Horned Lark	Red-throated Loon
Great Horned owlet looking at me!	Least Bittern	Clarks Grebe	Getting scolded	Green Heron captured a tadpole
Focus, focus focus	Lucy and her 7 dwarfs	DSC_1896.jpg	DSC_2052_1.jpg	Hooded Oriole in my front yard! 4/18/26
DSC_8254.jpg	DSC_7999_01_1.jpg	Great Blue heron, backlit	DSC_7446.jpg	Eared Grebe flapping his wings
Sea Gull having an argument with the can	0J7A2167.jpg	0J7A2200.jpg	Tree swallow in it's home	Northern Harrier
DSC_7161 1.jpg	Ridgway's Rail	DSC_7084.jpg	DSC_7001.jpg	Double-crested Cormorant
Red-winged Blackbird and the Osprey exchanging words!😳	Dinner has arrived!	Dinner has arrived!	Great Horned Owl	Who you looking at?
American Coot flyby!	Osprey looking at the egret	American Avocets @ the San Elijo Lagoon	Belted King fisher	0J7A1275.jpg
0K6A1024 1.jpg	Coot flyby!	DSC_5584	DSC_5205 1.jpg	Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt	Osprey caught a big one!	Northern Pintail	Flatfish speared by the Great Egret!	killdeer
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DSC_1066.jpg	DSC_1021 1.jpg	DSC_0996.jpg	DSC_0485_1.jpg	First catch of the morning
0J7A0742.jpg	0J7A0524.jpg	0J7A0505.jpg	0J7A0494 1.jpg	On the hunt! Reddish Egret
DSC_8626.jpg	0J7A9629_1_1.jpg	Chasing the other wood duck away!	0J7A0054.tif	Red-breasted Merganser
Western Cattle Egret	0J7A9536.jpg	DSC_7648.jpg	DSC_6594-denoise-denoise.jpg	DSC_6442.jpg
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Roadrunner	DSC_3481.jpg	DSC_3338 1.jpg	DSC_3304.jpg	DSC_3296.jpg
Snowy and the Red-breasted Merganser	Lesser Goldfinch	0J7A8545.jpg	Silhouette of the Snowy Egret	Great blue heron
Bufflehead flyby!	Anna's Hummingbird perched on a stem of thorns	Reddish Egret looking for a spot to land on	Eared grebe with a snack	Red-breasted Merganser flyby!
Mallard take off	Belted King Fisher reflection	Rofous Hummingbird	0J7A4210_1.jpg	0J7A4247 1.jpg
American Robin	The Osprey and its catch!	The Osprey and its catch!	DSC_3129.jpg	Rofous Hummingbird take off...
Great Egret	Eared Grebe	Brown Pelican chomping on some vegetation	Snowy Egret in flight	Shake it off
Redish Egret	Spotted Sandpiper	DSC_1980.jpg	DSC_2194.jpg	DSC_2271.jpg
DSC_2273 1_1.jpg	DSC_2289.jpg	DSC_2277.jpg	Western Meadowlark singing !	American Kestrel
Northern Harrier	0J7A2762.jpg	King Fisher	Bushtit	Mama hummer keeping future baby hummers warm
Underneath the moonlight...	Reddish Egret at sunset	Peregrine falcon fluffing up it's feathers!	Vermillion Flycatcher (Immature male)	Vermillion Flycatcher (Immature male)
Vermilion flycatcher	Vermilion flycatcher	Vermilion flycatcher	Vermilion flycatcher	Vermilion flycatcher
White-faced Ibis got a snack!	Splash down	DSC_0614.jpg	DSC_0440-denoise-denoise.jpg	DSC_0432.jpg
DSC_0386.jpg	DSC_0377.jpg	Looking Looking Looking	Northern Harrier	Northern Harrier
Great Blue up in the tree	White-crowned Sparrow singing at sunset	Snowy Egret with attitude!	Ridgway's Rails @ the Tijuana Estuary 1/10/26	Looking for that lunch!
European Starling	Cooper's hawk and it's prey	Three egrets fishing