It’s quail season! I’m not sure if this is a display, or some kind of thermoregulation, but it was my first time seeing a quail go full starfish.
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Evening Call
A Common Yellowthroat pops up on a Coyote Brush to announce its presence.
This was taken right at sunset (if you look carefully you can see the reflection of the sun setting over a hill in the bird’s eye). I went with 1/160s and 1600 ISO. You really don’t need a fast shutter speed even for these hyperactive little birds.
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Night Owlets
A pair of recently fledged owlets prepare to explore their neighborhood as night falls over the city.
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Gambel’s Quail
This was my first time seeing Gambel’s Quail. They’re very shy birds, but in the springtime, the biological imperative drives the males up onto high perches where they sing their little hearts out to establish a breeding territory.
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Eponymous Wren
A cactus wren perching on a cactus. Sometimes it’s the little things.
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Taking Flight
It takes a lot of patience to get a photo of a Great Horned Owl taking flight. When you’re sitting on a hillside on a warm spring day watching the sun set, the minutes tick by pretty quickly.
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Owl on Rock
I found this Great Horned Owl hanging out on its favorite rock again. It had flown down from its tree well before sunset this time, giving me an opportunity to capture it with the fading glow of the day reflecting off the hills in the background.
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Spring Warbler
On the West Coast, we’re blessed with a year-round warbler presence. Easterners have a bigger variety of warblers, but we have wintering warblers and summering warblers. With the arrival of spring, the Townsend’s Warblers have been replaced with Wilson’s Warblers, who are beginning to nest in and around the willows.
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