California Quail

Posted on April 20, 2023

Taken from Laguna De Santa Rose, Sebastopol, CA during a bird walking tour led by Teresa & Miles Tuffli from I’m Birding Right Now.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County, Travel, tree Tagged: beak, bird, California, eye, feather, I'm Birding Right Now, Laguna de Santa Rosa, Miles Tuffli, Photography, quail, Sebastepol, sitting, Sonoma County, spring, Teresa Tuffli, Timothy S. Allen, tree

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Three Male Brown-Headed Cowbird

Posted on April 17, 2023

Taken from Laguna De Santa Rose, Sabastopol, CA during a bird walking tour lead by Teresa & Miles Tuffli from I’m Birding Right Now.

Category: Action, animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County, Travel Tagged: beak, bird, bird walking I'm Birding Right Now, black, brown, Brown-headed, California, cowbird, feather, Laguna de Santa Rosa, Miles Tuffli, Photography, Sebastopol, Sonoma County, spring, Teresa Tuffli, Timothy S. Allen, tree

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Posted on January 26, 2023

Macaw in Flight

Category: Action, animal, bird, Nature, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: animal, beak, bird, Costa Rica, fly, macaw, red, Uvita, wing

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A Meal

Posted on June 14, 2022

Great egret eating a fish — This great egret had just caught this fish. The bird’s beak is about 6″ or 15 cm long. That’s a pretty big meal. It had no problem getting it down its long throat. I took this at Inverness on Tomales Bay.

Category: animal, bird, California, Marin County, Nature Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, eating, fauna, fish, Great Egret, hunting, Inverness, Marin County, Photography, reed, Timothy S. Allen, Tomales Bay, white

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An Osprey Flying with a Fish

Posted on June 9, 2022

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, crop, fauna, feather, fish, fly, hunting, Lake Sonoma, osprey, Photography, Sonoma County, talons, Timothy S. Allen

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Three Siblings

Posted on May 18, 2022

3 black crown herons — These three black crown herons chicks seem to be checking out the rest of the birds at the W. 9th St. rookery in Santa Rosa California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, tree Tagged: animal, baby, beak, bird, black crown heron, California, eye, fauna, feather, Heron, nest, Santa Rosa, sibling, W. 9th St. Rookery, young

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Rufous Hummingbird

Posted on May 10, 2022

I took this hummingbird picture feeding in my backyard.

Category: animal, bird, California, flower, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Tagged: animal, beak, bird, California, fauna, feeding, flower, flying, green, hummingbird, rufous, Santa Rosa, wing, Yellow

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Bird Behavior: Wanting More Food

Posted on May 4, 2022

Great Egret hatchling holding its parents head in its beak demanding more food. — As the hatchlings get older, they get more aggressive. This one is demanding more food by firmly holding its parent’s head in its beak. The photo was taken at the W. 9th St. rookery, Santa Rosa, CA

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Tagged: aggresion, animal, beak, bird, California, egret, feeding, Great Egret, hatchling, hunger, nest, Santa Rosa, W. 9th St. Rookery

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Don’t You Think the Manufacturer of this Safety Cone Did a Good Job in Matching the Color of My Legs?

Posted on April 30, 2022

A male Mallard duck in front of a orange safety cone. — The male mallard duck was photographed at Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Travel Tagged: beak, bird, California, colorful, dock, duck, fauna, feathers, mallard, safety cone, Santa Rosa, Spring Lake, walk, water bird, web feet

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“I Want More Food!”

Posted on April 23, 2022

baby bird grabbing beak of its parent. — One of the hatchlings has grabbed its parent’s beak and seems to be demanding more food. The other parent is ready to fly away to leave the demanding baby to her mate. Photographed at the W. 9th Street rookery, Santa Rosa, California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Environment, Nature, Photography, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Tagged: baby, beak, bird, California, eating, egret, food, Great Egret, hatchling, nest, nesting, Santa Rosa, W. 9th St. Rookery

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Song Bird

Posted on April 15, 2022

Grasshopper Sparrow singing its heart out at the Ellis Creek area, Petaluma, California

Category: animal, bird, California, Environment, Nature, Petaluma, Photography, Sonoma County, Travel Tagged: beak, bird, California, Ellis Creek, feather, Grasshopper sparrow, Petaluma, reed, sing, tail

Up Close

Posted on April 24, 2021

Emu Bird — I believe that this is an Emu. Taken at the Australian section of the Living Desert Zoo and Garden, Palm Desert California.

Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Park, Photography, Travel Tagged: Australia, beak, bird, eye, feather, head, Living Desert Zoo and Garden, Palm Desert

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House Finch

Posted on January 24, 2021

Category: bird, California, Nature, Photography, Sonoma County Tagged: beak, bird, brown, California, claw, eat, eye, feather, feed, feeder, grey, house finch, Santa Rosa, seed, wing

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Young and Perfect – Old and Tattered

Posted on July 27, 2019

– Brown pelicans flying near the shore of Gualala Point Regional Park, Sonoma County, Gualala, CA July 25, 2019.

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Category: Action, animal, bird, California, Environment, Photography, Sonoma County, Uncategorized Tagged: animals, beak, birds, blue, brown pelican, cloud, Environment, feathers, fly, Gualala Point Regional Park, head, Nature, old, pelican, Photography, Sky, Sonoma County, white, wings, young

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Big Eyes on a Little Bird

Posted on February 7, 2019

– Pippin the Western Screech Owl, Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County, birdrescuecenter.org Santa Rosa, CA, February 2, 2019.

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Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Portrait, Sonoma County, Uncategorized Tagged: beak, beautiful, beauty, bird, Bird Rescue Center, birdrescuecenter.org, California, damaged, eyes, face, feather, injured, nocturnal, owl, Raptor, Santa Rosa, small, Sonoma County, Western Screech Owl

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Taking Wing

Posted on February 6, 2019

: – Rescued Red Tail Hawk. Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County. birdrescuecenter.org. Santa Rosa, CA. February 2, 2019.

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Category: Action, animal, bird, California, Photography, Portrait, Sonoma County, Uncategorized Tagged: beak, beautiful, beauty, bird, Bird Rescue Center, birdrescuecenter.org, California, damaged, eyes, face, feather, Garbo, Hawk, injured, nocturnal, owl, Raptor, Red tail hawk, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County

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The Eyes!

Posted on February 5, 2019

– “Garbo” the Barn Owl. Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County. birdrescuecenter.org Santa Rosa, CA. February 2, 2019.

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Category: animal, bird, California, Nature, Photography, Portrait, Sonoma County, Uncategorized Tagged: barn owl, beak, beautiful, beauty, bird, Bird Rescue Center, birdrescuecenter.org, California, damaged, eyes, face, feather, Garbo, injured, nocturnal, owl, Raptor, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County

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Protecting Territory

Posted on April 25, 2018

The Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus caularis) is very territorial. This is particularly true during breeding season from February to September. Cheng long, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. April 24, 2018

The Oriental Magpie (Copsychus caularis) is very territorial. This is particularly true during breeding season from February to September. After fighting for a number of minutes, both birds flew off seemingly unharmed. Cheng long, Kohou Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. April 24, 2018

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Category: Action, animal, bird, Nature, Photography, Taiwan, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: battle, beak, bird, Chenglong, Copsychus caularis, eye, feathers, fight, Kohou Township, magpei, Nature, Oriental Magpie Robin, Photography, Taiwan, territorial, Timothy S. Allen, Yunlin County

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The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

Posted on April 24, 2018

This is bird revered in ancient Egypt, and associated with the god Thoth, is posing an environmental threat in Taiwan. It escaped from a zoo 20 years ago. The African Sacred Ibis has also been identified as a pest species in France, Italy, Spain, and the United States. The predatory species poses a threat to local species that share a similar biological niche, such as various species of egrets, Herons, and terns. (Source: Taiwan English News, April 16, 2016 http://taiwanenglishnews.com/the-sacred-ibis-runs-rampant-in-taiwan/ Chang long Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County Taiwan April 23, 2018

This bird revered in ancient Egypt, and associated with the god Thoth, is posing an environmental threat in Taiwan. It escaped from a zoo 20 years ago. The African Sacred Ibis has also been identified as a pest species in France, Italy, Spain, and the United States. The predatory species poses a threat to local species that share a similar biological niche, such as various species of egrets, Herons, and terns. (Source: Taiwan English News, April 16, 2016 http://taiwanenglishnews.com/the-sacred-ibis-runs-rampant-in-taiwan/ Chang long Village, Kohou Township, Yunlin County Taiwan April 23, 2018

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Category: animal, bird, Nature, Photography, Taiwan, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: African Ibis, beak, bird, Chenglong, escaped, feathers, grass, habitat, head, ibis, invasive, Kohou Township, Photography, Taiwan, threat, Threskiornis aethiopicus, Timothy S. Allen, Water, Wetlands, white, Yunlin County, zoo

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Preening

Posted on January 10, 2018

Cormorant Sitting on a Pier Watch Hill, Fire Island National Seashore New York State, U.S.A. September 17, 2015

Cormorant Sitting on a Piling – Watch Hill, Fire Island National Seashore New York State, U.S.A. September 17, 2015

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Category: bird, Nature, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: animal, avian, background, beak, bird, black, blue, closeup, cormorant, cute, dock, eye, feathers, feet, Fire Island National Seashore, fly, head, hunter, looking, marina, Nature, New York State, Ocean, orange, outdoors, piling, piller, portrait, preening, roosting, sea bird, Sky, tail, Watch Hill, watching, wild, Wildlife, wing, wood

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California Quail

Three Male Brown-Headed Cowbird

A Meal

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Three Siblings

Rufous Hummingbird

Bird Behavior: Wanting More Food

Don’t You Think the Manufacturer of this Safety Cone Did a Good Job in Matching the Color of My Legs?

“I Want More Food!”

Song Bird

Up Close

House Finch

Big Eyes on a Little Bird

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Taking Wing

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The Eyes!

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