Coyote Valley

I was wishing this little sweetie was in a more photogenic spot than down on the ground in a patch of weeds, when he suddenly jumped up to the top of a fence post and started posing there, right next to the car, almost too close to shoot.

It was like "wait, what?! you need a better pose, a better perch, and some nice green grass bokeh?! Well OK, how is this?!!"

Tags:   Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Tom's birthday owl

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Aechmophorus occidentalis

I don't think that birding gets any better than this. I felt so very privileged to be there.

Tags:   Aechmophorus occidentalis Coyote Lake 4/13/13 Western Grebe

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Morgan Hill

Our semi cooperative Lewis's is still around! I am SO going to miss him ( and the Varied Thrush).

Tags:   Lewis's Woodpecker Morgan Hill, CA Melanerpes lewis

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Too, too, too are you?

Tags:   Aegolius acadicus Northern Saw-whet Owl

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Passerina amoena

Went bunting hunting today at JD Grant. Heard them singing almost as soon as we started walking from the parking lot. Took a bit more patience than that to see them in action, but eventually we had two males who seemed to be having a singing contest over a nearby female.

Tags:   Passerina amoena JD Grant CP 5/5/13 Lazuli Bunting

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