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San Francisco Wild Parrots
Hello Everyone, I live in San Francisco and just published a coffee table book "San Francisco Wild Parrots". It is my private collection of photographs I've taken over the past five years. It also includes other birds.... my photos of the beautiful Great Blue Heron are breathtaking. The book is...- The Bird Lady
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- cherry headed conure parrots san francisco
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Loggerhead Shrike
First found 07 March by Keith Maley, these shrikes have been declining over much of their range especially along the coast. This is the only one reported in San Francisco this year. Although classified as a songbird, Shrikes are more predator than anything else. They are famous for impaling...- jmorlan
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- california lanius ludovicianus loggerhead shrike san francisco usa
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Merlin
Nico Stuurman kindly pointed out this small falcon silhouetted at a considerable distance (more than 400 feet) before it quickly departed. This is a female or immature. Apparently it's not possible to distinguish juveniles from adult females in this species. The tail pattern suggests the...- jmorlan
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- california merlin san francisco usa
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Northern Flicker
Norther Flicker- Mila
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- colaptes auratus northern flicker san francisco video
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- Category: North America
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Bald eagle with a fish at Lake Merced
The visibility was very bad. Most of the video was out of focus. I cut some parts that were better and did them in a slow motion Notice that the fish is stil...- Mila
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- bald eagle haliaeetus leucocephalus san francisco video
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Red-breasted Sapsucker
This brightly colored woodpecker is endemic to the Pacific Northwest They are primarily a migrant and winter visitor to our area. They are famous for drilling into live trees and lapping up the leaking sap with their brush-tipped tongue. This video shows it creating a fresh hole. This individual...- jmorlan
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- 1bb california red-breasted sapsucker san francisco sphyrapicus ruber usa video
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Pied-billed Grebe
This grebe is giving a demonstration in how to properly swallow a Crayfish. This is probably either the Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) or maybe the Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). Both are invasive and introduced to California.- jmorlan
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- 1bb california golden gate park pied-billed grebe podilymbus podiceps san francisco stow lake usa video
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Scarlet Dragonlet
Scarlet dragonlet (Erythrodiplax castanea: Libelullidae) Al Parque Natural San Francisco, San Francisco east of Lago Bayano, Panam Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest forest at ca. 100 m (330 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- san francisco scarlet dragonlet
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Red-mantled Dragonlet (female)
Red-mantled Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax fervida: Libellulidae) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Length 3.2-3.6 cm (1.3-1.4 in). Al Parque Natural San Francisco, San Francisco east of Lago Bayano, Panam Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest forest at ca. 100 m (330 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- erythrodiplax fervid libellulidae red-mantled dragonlet san francisco
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Golden-snouted Sootywing
Golden-snouted Sootywing (Staphylus vulgata: Hesperiidae) Al Parque Natural San Francisco, San Francisco east of Lago Bayano, Panam Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest forest at ca. 100 m (330 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- golden-snouted sootywing hesperiidae san francisco staphylus vulgata
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Assassin Bug
Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) Al Parque Natural San Francisco, San Francisco east of Lago Bayano, Panam Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest forest at ca. 100 m (330 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- assassin bug lago bayano reduviidae san francisco
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Litter Toad
Litter Toad (Rhaebo haematitucus: Bufonidae) Snout-vent length 4.2-6.2 (1.7-2.4 in) for males and 5.0-8.0 (2.0-3.1 in) for females. Al Parque Natural San Francisco, San Francisco east of Lago Bayano, Panam Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest forest at ca. 100 m (330 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- bufonidae litter toad rhaebo haematitucus san francisco
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Tngara Frog
Tngara Frog (Engystomops pustulosus: Leptodactylidae) Snout to vent 2.5-3.5 cm (1.0-1.4 in). This small terrestrial toad-like frog was only visible when it jumped. Al Parque Natural San Francisco, San Francisco east of Lago Bayano, Panam Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest forest at ca. 100 m...- Stanley Jones
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- engystomops pustulosus lago bayano leptodactylidae san francisco tngara frog
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Contre-jour WEGU
A Western Gull flying toward the sun in San Francisco. A lucky shot, with no filters applied - the sun (and the gull) did all the work!- flanken
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- bird in flight california gull san francisco wegu western gull
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Black-footed Albatross
Haven't posted here for a while - thought I would add some of my recent life birds. Took this on Aug 14 near the continental shelf off of San Francisco. The boat was rocking and rolling with big swells, so it isn't too sharp. But I liked the impression the photo leaves of the albatross is...- amaizlish
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- black-footed albatross california phoebastria nigripes san francisco usa
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The squawky dance
Two Western gulls squawking at one another. Although the one on the left is a male, and the one on the right is a female, I don't think this was any kind of courtship activity.- flanken
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- gull san francisco wegu western gull
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Great Egret
A Great Egret, taken in Golden Gate park, San Francisco. I'd never been so close to one in my life. Stunning.- hype
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- golden gate great egret pond rock san francisco
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Great Egret's Catch
Taken in San Francisco. Waited a good 30 minutes for it to find lunch!- littowadey
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- catch egret fish food san francisco water
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Brown Pelican
I was on a bouncing boat tour, surrounded by tourists jostling for position to get a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge when this Brown Pelican flew alongside the boat at just the right time. I just had time to get a few frames before more tourists got in the way. All said, it turned out quite...- DaninJapan
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- golden gate pelican san francisco
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- Category: North America