Day 5 of one of the greatest vacations ever! Full journal of nature adventures here: http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/9891-vacation-in-california-news-flash-i-like-california
Using the great existing observations from the San Francisco Bay area and species guide to help with the ID's -- but please correct me if I've goofed. Almost ALL of these organisms were new for me!
Elizabeth and I walked around Shollenberger Park in Petaluma (before the fabric stores opened up!). This is a great park for birding -- lots of neat things we saw.
White Rock lake, Winfrey Point
Observed approximately 200 feet east of 5.25 mile marker on River Legacy Park trail.
This guy has been hanging out in this bush for the last couple of days.
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Feeding the brood. The zoomed cropped second pic you can see another beak.