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) |