I hope you love birds too.
It is economical.
It saves going to heaven.
~ Emily Dickinson
Most recent images are at top of gallery.
It is economical.
It saves going to heaven.
~ Emily Dickinson
Most recent images are at top of gallery.
Ruddy Duck courting behavior
Big Gulp!
Pied-billed Grebe chick swallows this fish whole.
Pied-billed Grebes
Double-crested Cormorant with trout
Eared Grebe
Forster's Terns mating
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
American Avocet
Common Yellowthroat
Nutmeg Mannikins
Lesser Goldfinch
Egyptian goose with goslings
Egyptian goslings
Egyptian gosling
Egyptian goose with goslings
Egyptian goslings
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Birds & The Bees...
~ female Allen's Hummingbird
Elegant Terns
Red-shouldered Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Finch
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owl
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Western Meadowlark
Horned Grebe
Juvenile Bald Eagle
Juvenile Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier female
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron immature
* First on record for Bolsa Chi ...
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron immature
* First on record for Bolsa Chi ...
Gopher's a goner ...
Great Blue Heron
Loggerhead Shrike profile
Territorial Marbled Godwits
California Brown Pelican
Belding's Savannah Sparrow
White-faced Ibis
Northern Harrier female
Northern Harrier female
Reddish Egret
Territorial Great Egrets
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret
American White Pelican
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Clapper Rail
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret
Pin-tailed Whydah
Pin-tailed Whydah
Courting Pin-tailed Whydahs
Good-bye Cruel World ~
Red-tailed hawk with a mouthful
Red-tailed hawk launch
Northern Harrier male with prey
White-faced Ibis Fly-by
Willet
Long Billed Curlew with crab
Black-bellied Plover
Long Billed Curlew
Long Billed Curlew
Wrentit
Green-tailed Towhee
Western Tanager
Western Tanager
~ pretty boy even in the shade
Dark-eyed Junco
Wilson's Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Warbling Vireo hatchlings
Warbling Vireo feeding hatchlings
Warbling Vireo feeding hatchlings
Dusky Flycatcher (backlit)
Copper's Hawk fledge
Copper's Hawk fledge
Copper's Hawk fledge
Snowy Egret Chick
Snowy Egret feeding
Great Grey Owl male delivers prey to female on the nest.
Great Gray Owl female with one of two owlets (aprox. 2 weeks old)
Getting the 'hang' of my wings ~ last day on the nest.
Great Gray Owl ...
Flight practice ~ last day on the nest.
Great Gray Owlet.
Branched ~
Great Gray Owlet
Branched ~
Great Gray Owlet
Great Gray Owl ~
Mom keeps a very close eye on her young ones.
Gular Flutter ~
A branched Great Gray Owlet on a very hot day.
Gul ...
Green Heron
Green Heron Chick
Green Heron Chick
Green Heron Chick ~
Quite a change in wing feather development in one ...
Green Heron feeding frenzy
Great Egret Nest Building
Nest Material ~ Great Egret
Peregrine fledge
Black Oystercatcher
Long-eared Owl
Immature Long-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Sleepy Barn Owl
Kestrel fledge with lizard
~ offspring from mating pair shown below.
FEEEEEED MEEEEE!
Two week old Red-tailed Hawk chick
One month old Red Tail Hawk learning to fly.
One month old Red Tail Hawk learning to fly.
Great Blue Heron feeding time.
Coot Chick
Siblings ~
Great Horned Owlets
Domestic Goose with chicks
Pollinator ~
Female Allen's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
This is where I landed after my first launch from the nest & i ain't m ...
Fuzzball with talons ~ Great Horned Owlet
Mommy & Me, Out On a Limb
Great Horned Owls
Mating Black Necked Stilts
Killdeer Fly-by
Killdeer
American Avocet
Ahhh Spring ....
American Avocets
Phainopepla
Cactus Wren courting behavior
Cactus Wren
Cactus Wren pair
Cactus Wren pair
Common Yellowthroat
A leucistic male Northern Shoveler & his mate.
Northern Shoveler
Barn Owl
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
White Tailed Kite with prey
Mouthfull-o-mouse ~
White Tailed Kite pair
Anna's Hummingbird in the Cherry Blossoms
Anna's Hummingbird at the Cherry Blossoms
Juvenile White Crown Sparrow
Brewer's Blackbird female
Sora
Green-winged Teal courting behavior
Green-winged Teal
White-Faced Ibis
Female Osprey landing on nesting platform
Osprey mating
Osprey dismount
Short-billed Dowitchers
American Kestrels mating
American Kestrel pair
American Kestrels mating
American Kestrels mating
Bufflehead
Redhead Take-Off
Redhead Duck Courtship Head-throw
Redhead Duck Courtship Head-throw
Redhead
Red-breasted Merganser female
Sideways ~
Juvenile Redtail
Clean-up Crew ~
Turkey Vultures in Horaltic Pose
White-crowned Sparrow eating petals off Coast Sunflower (Encelia calif ...
Sunbathing ~ Eared Grebe
Pacific Loon
American Kestrel with a Jerusalem Cricket
Don't bother me, I'm eating ...
American Kestrel with a Jerusalem Cri ...
Head Throw ~ California Brown Pelican
American Wigeon
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Say's Phoebe ~ hovering/hunting
Horned Gebe
~ more than a mouthful
Northern Pintail
Mandarin Duck
American Bittern
Cassin's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Northern Flicker
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
American White Pelican
Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Clark's Grebe
Western Grebe
Western Grebe
California Brown Pelican
Over the top ~
California Brown Pelican
Cedar Waxwing
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Tailend ~
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Osprey with Striped Mullet Fish
Osprey with Striped Mullet Fish
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Loon
High-Key Kind of Morning ...
Cooper's Hawk on a gray day.
American Avocets
Black Phoebe
Juvenile White Tailed Kite
Whited Tailed Kite
Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret
Juvenile California Brown Pelican
California Brown Pelican
Red Tailed Hawk
Red Tailed Hawk
Holding Court ~
Royal Terns
Courting Royal Terns
Black Necked Stilts
Western Grebe courtship
Western Grebe courtship
Western Grebe Courtship Display
Western Grebe Courtship
Sunrise Dance ~
Western Grebe Courtship Display
Western Grebe nesting
Great Egret Chicks
Great Egret Chicks
Flight School ~
Great Egret Chicks strengthening wing muscles
California Least Tern fledgling
Feeding time ~
California Least Terns
Red-shouldered Hawk fledgling
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
Black-crowned Night Heron chick
Black-crowned Night Heron chick
Great Egret with breeding plumage
High Breeding ~
Great Egret Portrait
Great Egret
Ready to go ~
Black-crowned Night Heron fledgling
Jump Start ~
Black-crowned Night Heron fledgling
Siblings ~
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawks (dark morphs)
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
Portrait ~
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
Call for dinner delivery ~
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawk (dark mor ...
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
...gotta love that face ...
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
Dinner delivery ~
Red-tailed Hawk with prey for recently fledged off- ...
Recently fledged Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
Red-tailed Hawk
Belding's Savannah Sparrow
Whimbrel
White-tailed Kite
Sanderlings
Sanderling
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Blue Heron Sweethearts
"Walla Walla Walla"
Snowy Egret Mating Call
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Merlin Falcon
Merlin
Male Anna's Hummingbird
Male Allen's Hummingbird
Male Allen's Hummingbird
Western Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Great Horned Owlet
'Brancher' ~
Recently fledged Great Horned Owl
California Quail
White-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite with prey
White-tailed Kite aerial exchange
White-tailed Kite aerial exchange
White-tailed Kite aerial exchange
Troublemaker ~ Crow vs White-tailed Kite
Northern Mockingbird
Long-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Say's Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Anna's Hummingbird
Common Yellowthroat
Great Blue Heron romance
California Gnatcatcher
California Thrashers
Meanwhile, back at the sushi bar...
Osprey with early morning fish
House Finch
Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
(with a bit of blood on beak & talons)
Amorous Domestic Swan Geese
Canvasback
White-tailed Kite mating sequence
White-tailed Kite mating sequence
White-tailed Kite mating sequence
White-tailed Kite mating sequence
White-tailed Kite
Acorn Woodpecker
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Sub-adult Bald Eagle
European Starling
Pied-billed Grebe
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-crowned Parrot (wild)
Western Scrub-jay
Red-breasted Sapsucker
White-crowned Sparrow
Surf Scoter
Muscle Up!
Surf Scoter
Not So Lucky Rabbit's Feet ~
Juvenile Red Tail Hawk with the back hal ...
Red-tailed Hawk with rabbit lunch
Cedar Waxwing
Great Horned Owl
Big kids ~
Juvenile Great Horned Owls
Western Meadowlark
Long Jump ~
Black Crowned Night Heron
American Kestrel
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Pintail courtship display
Eye on Breakfast ~
Great Egret
Sushi Roll ~
Great White Egret
Willet
Horned Grebe
Dive!
California Brown Pelican
Appetizer ~
California Brown Pelican
California Brown Pelican
Reddish Egret Fly-by
Well-Camouflaged ~
American Bittern
Skim off the top ~
Black Skimmer
Learning To Skim ~
Juvenile Black Skimmer
Black Necked Stilt
Getting the hang of my wings ~
Snowy Plover chick in the late evening ...
On Your Mark ~
Green Heron in the strike zone
Poser ~
Rosetta Spoonbill ... this one makes me smile...
Lovin' Spoonful ~
Rosetta Spoonbill
Seein' Double ~
Tri-Colored Heron
Black Necked Stilt Chick
Juvenile Tri-Colored Heron
Full Circle ~
An Anhinga comes in for a splash down landing
Waiting ~
American Avocet tending 4 eggs
Birthday ~
American Avocet parents switch-out on the nest waiting fo ...
Rearview ~
Newborn American Avocet Chick looks out on the big wide wo ...
Red Shouldered Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Robin
SWOOP ~
Anna's Hummingbird
R-E-A-C-H
Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Learning to Drink -
Mama Mallard & Duckling
First Day on the Water -
Duckling & Mama Mallard
Mallard Duckling
Male Black-Chinned Hummingbird.
Flyin' Backwards ~
Male Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Male Allen's Hummingbird
Male Allen's Hummingbird
Female Allen's Hummingbird
Male Allen's Hummingbird
Northern Harrier Female
Territorial Great Blue Herons
Special Delivery -
Great Blue Heron Nest Building
Special Delivery -
Great Blue Heron Nest Building
Special Delivery -
Great Blue Heron Nest Building
Finishing Touches -
Great Blue Heron Nest Building
Waiting for the Feedbag ~
Great Blue Heron 'babes' two days before fl ...
GOOSE!
Snowy Egret antics
Trio -
Great White Egrets flank a Snowy Egret on a gray morning in ...
Sushi Bar -
Osprey with a big catch
Slurp!
Jealous ~
Snowy Egrets squabble over a fish.
The Maestro -
"We have arrived at the place where everything is mu ...
On the Hunt ~
Osprey
Immature (2nd year) Black-crowned Night Heron
Contemplating the Fishing Ground -
Juvenile Black-crowned Night Her ...
Curlew
Symmetry -
Forster's Tern
Male Anna's Hummingbird lights up an otherwise dark & cloudy day.
Misty Sunrise ~
American White Pelican
Canada Geese
~ accidental motion blur, but I like it.
Canada Geese
~ Autumn sunrise lift-off