I start off with my favorite photo of the whole bunch. Occasionally you get a picture that seems deserving of being in a calendar or on the cover of a magazine. I think this one is one of those. Behold a singing, male, Lazuli Bunting.
Plants
Iris (moments before it had a big, fat Bumblebee on it).
Bugs 'n such (Invertebrates)
Honey Bee
Honey Bee
Honey Bee
A beetle and a ???
Mating Dragonflies
I think this is a Lorquin's Admiral butterfly.
Tiger Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Amphibians
Bullfrog
Reptiles
Western Painted Turtle
Fish
Spawning Carp
Birds
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey, carrying a fish
Osprey
Osprey
Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Spotted Sandpiper
A very late Snow Goose
Greater White-Fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard duckling at Warp 2
Cinnamon Teal (male)
Cinnamon Teal (female)
Cinnamon Teal pair
Probable Blue-Winged Teal x Cinnamon Teal hybrid.
Hooded Merganser female
Hooded Merganser female
Hooded Merganser female
Mourning Dove
Band Tailed Pigeon
Band Tailed Pigeons
Band Tailed Pigeons
American Bittern
American Bittern
American Bittern
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
American Robin
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Brown Headed Cowbird
Brown Headed Cowbird
Young male Brewer's Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird, "running" through the grass.
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird, female
Red-Winged Blackbird, female
Red-Winged Blackbird, female
Red-Winged Blackbird, female
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Next is a sequence of photos of a pair of Red-Winged Blackbirds defending their nest from a Great Blue Heron.
Another sequence, this time of a Red-Winged Blackbird female fishing Damselflies off the top of the water.
Success!
Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow (hot)
Tree Swallow, bringing food to a nest
Tree Swallow at nest
Tree Swallow, in nest feeding babies
Another nesting Tree Swallow
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
Black Headed Grosbeak
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwings at nest
Cedar Waxwing, bringing a leaf for nest building.
Cedar Waxwing, bringing a leaf for nest building.
Some kind of Flycatcher (Empidonax sp?)
Bushtit
Bushtit
House Wren
House Wren
House Wren
Wilson's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler (peekaboo)
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Some eaten Robin's eggs
Some eaten Robin's eggs
An abandoned egg, species unknown
Mammals
Western Gray Squirrel
Young Brush Rabbit
Nutria
Nutria Skull
Blacktail (Mule) Deer
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