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A couple of surprise visitors; spotted sandpipers are usually gone by now

I spotted one of the parents, who gave me a good scolding, but didn't see the killdeer chicks

House sparrows are here in swarms

A great white came flying out of the brush by the creek and startled the heck out of me -- not great, but I'm lucky I got anything at all

12 April The camera gods were a little kinder today and I got some decent shots, including a few of an ash-throated flycatcher to make up for yesterday

And then you walk out the door to enjoy a pipe and a glass of Modern Times 'Walking Dead' In the magnolia across the street

Yep, that sort of day

My first spotted towhee and it refused to turn around

As dry as it has been, the flowers are slowly coming up

First sighting of a western tanager, just arrived here and enjoying our bounty of bugs

This is an endangered Pacific Coast cactus wren; they usually sit in scrub or atop paddle cactus at eye level. Today, he decided to show off and, after 15 minutes, I finally spotted him twenty feet up at the very top of a dead oak.