Uncommon and declining, this grassland specialist is a locally distributed winter visitor to the valleys, foothills and deserts of California. This largest of our hawks in the genus "Buteo" breeds in the Great Plains and Great Basin of Western North America. This individual is a light morph...
Beautiful cinnamon-headed duck with the electric green eye stripe - a winter duck for us, and more rare of a sighting than the blue-winged teals, but a pleasure when we do get to see them
These tiny but feisty hummingbirds are common in our area throughout the year. This is an adult male spreading wings and tail captured just before takeoff. The bright iridescent colors vary with light angle often appear black; but when the light hits just right they shine brightly rose-pink as...
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