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Quite windy all day. Settling down to gaze for a snack.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos polyglottos) wing flashing.

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...

Copper's hawk take off series (1of3)

Copper's hawk take-off series (3 of 3)

Copper's hawk take-off series (2 of 3)

Late afternoon

Warmer temps have opened up the river again and leaves this behind on the shore.

Ice shelf remaining after river opened up again.

Things are looking up!

Red-shouldered Hawk

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis) Female.

The always-excellent fishermen, this great blue heron was bringing a nice fish catch back home to its chicks nesting nearby

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

Tiny little terns often seen at our beaches, but like to visit the wetlands too for the good fishing

I think Boat-tailed, but maybe Common. We have a lot of BTs here. At Huntington Beach State Park, SC

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...

An American Kestrel mating pair in early spring on the Mojave River