Predawn
First we saw an otter chowing down on a log. Taken in the dark!
6400 ISO
Then a beaver, who did the usual flap
A Green Heron
A turtle head
Red-shouldered Hawk ready for take-off
Great Blue Heron
Male juvenile Wood Duck with small fish
Great Blue Heron taking off
Female Western Tanager?
Sacramento River Beaver
Practice
Awkward landing
Before processing
Then a beaver flapped at us
a possible Bushtit or Oak Titmouse
Grebe chick senses danger
Female Wood Duck
Male juvenile Wood Duck
PIed-billed Grebe with crayfish
Red-shouldered Hawk along Pine Creek
Western Wood Pewee?
Carpenter Bee
Sibs
A Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Young Black-headed Grosbeaks
Female (left) and male juvenile Wood Ducks
Green Heron in typical pose on the creek
Orange-crowned Warber?
A Red-shouldered Hawk
Taken at 8000 iso
Young Buck
Female juvenile Wood Duck
Four otters headed my way
Wilson's Warbler
Widow Skimmer
Then a couple of Great-horned Owls!
A couple of friends
Young Common Yellowthroat
Off they go
Eerie red sun rising behind the trees. Fires.
Famale Wood Duck
Deer and fawn along Pine Creek
Stopping for a snack
Flock of young Mergansers on the Sacramento River bank
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