California towhee, on the ground this time where they appear to be more comfortable.

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I have the fake shutter sound enabled and I'm sure they hear it sometimes and turn to look at what made the noise.

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Fluffy red ball in the tree. The house finches are my regulars in the tree.

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California towhee with its prize.

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An Anna's hummingbird hovering in front of the purple flowers they love so much in our yard.

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Dad-eyed junco: don’t see these often, and w hen I do they’re normally on the ground and very timid (will run under a bush or away as soon as they see me). This one jumped up into our small tree and watched me.

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House finch portrait.

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Proud of its find in the feeder tray.

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The American Bushtits are in the house. Well, the tree at least. Haven’t seen these for a while, but several were flitting around the tree today.

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Mourning dove.

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I mentioned I also used a small seaplane to practice bird-in-flight photography when I was at Ocean Beach.

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Something a little different today. Was practicing bird-in-flight shots using the Coast Guard helicopter that flew along the length of the beach.

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Willet in the surf.

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Two species of gull flying together… the Western Gull and the Great Black-backed Gull. This was taken with the small, but mighty, RF100-400 on the R7. Truly a lens that punches well above its weight!

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A Brewer’s blackbird, on the beach wall at Ocean Beach, SF.

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Was at Ocean Beach in SF for my son’s ultimate frisbee tournament on Saturday, taking photos of the games, when I spotted these willets in the surf at the water line. Went down between games and managed to get this one as it found food. I only had the RF100-400 with me too (not taking my good lenses to the sand and spray just yet).

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Another clue that the California towhees are not tree birds… this one was so unstable looking. Not helped by choosing a bud rather than a branch for one foot, and different branches for each foot too.

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