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Guy Albertelli
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Pretty fierce gangs of White Crowned Sparrows out here in the Baylands.

#birb #california
$ white crowned sparrows, 3 female, 1 male, sitting on 3 strands of barbed wire, a small amount of a bush visible in in the bottomed right corner. The male on the top wire looks at the camera, 2 females on the middle and bottom wire look to be grooming and facing away from the camera and the final female on the bottom wire on the left is looking over their shoulder at the camera.
January 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Who's a tall birdie? This birdie is!

#birb #california
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Front facing Great Egrets always look silly but the slight cock to the neck adds a whole new flavor of silly.

#birb #california
A Great Egret (large white heron like bird) is directly facing and looks straight at the camera with it's neck leaning to it's right in a field of mostly brown vegetation with a few bits of green.
January 7, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Common godwit with a very muddy beak just hanging out in a field of grass like they always do... Probably asking the geese in the field "which way to the shore?"

#birb #california
Common godwit (heavy bodied bird with a thin straight long beak) standing in a grassy field.
January 6, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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I like how pelicans leap and run on the surface of the water to get going, they are so effortless once up but getting up out of the water is so much effort.

Apparently the red by the neck is a specific color morph of the breeding plumage of this subspecies of brown pelicans.

#birb #california
A brown pelican leaps into the air, its feet pushing on the water and leaving a splash behind, it's wings are spread out as are the feathers at the tips, an immature gull sits by idly. Color wise the head is yellowish and then red at the neck
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Most birds look different when they look right at you, some look angry, some weird.

But the common loon has to have the silliest look I've ever seen.

#birb #california
A common loon sits in a body of water, its head is turned to face the camera and your looking straight down its beak, it's face is very puffy (I assume due to subcutaneous fat) which gives it a very silly look.
December 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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4 Great Blue Herons in a row! It's uncommon for me to see more than one at a time, seeing this group all in a line, feathers blown about by the wind was a real joy.

#birb #california
In a brown wetlands, slight waves in the water in the lower left four great blue herons stand in the center of the photo in a line across the center equidistant apart. The three in the right partially hidden by the vegetation.
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Western gull hanging out at some tides pools while the tide is out. I really like the contrast in colors.

#birb #california #solstice
A Western gull (white and grey with an orange beak) stands on a rock in a field of green vegetation covered rocks (algae of some kind I assume) with some water (pacific ocean) in the foreground.
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I take a lot of photos, but sometimes... I really get one that just makes me so very pleased with the result.

Plus this time it's a good looking Burrowing Owl just hanging out.

#birb #california
Full body shot from the 3/4 rear of a burrowing owl, it's looking at the camera as the sun light falls on the side of it's face, one foot can be seen peeking out. It's surrounded but rocks covered in a variety of colorful lichens.
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Me every morning. (Burrowing Owl)

#birb #california
A head of a Burrowing Owl can be seen squinting and staring into the camera behind a blurry rock.
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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I just like how aggressive of a stance these little birds can have

#birb #california
A white crowned sparrow faces the camera but has it's head turned to the right. It's got a lovely brown white cap of feathers and very orange feets as it stands on some lichen covered rocks. A faint hint of green vegetation can be seen in the background to the upper right of the shot.
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Got to see a few "Orthosia mys" last night. First time spotting this species and got a nice shot of the scales on the wing when I convinced this one to take off in the morning.

#teammoth #california
A reddish-browm moth with hints of blue along the fore wing edge and a few dark spots in the middle of the fore wing. It is posed on top of some pine.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Got this while watching a crow harass a poor innocent red tailed hawk that was just hanging out

#birb #california
Two birds in flight, on the left a crow with claws outstretched trying to grab the Red Tailed hawk on the right as it casually floats on the air.
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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This hummingbird was a great photo subject. Sat still on this branch and kept occasionally moving its head to let the sunlight interact with it's feathers in different ways to show off the iridescence in them.

#birb #california
Anna's hummingbird on a branch with a very pink iridescent head and white and black chest feathers, and such tiny cute feets.
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Coordinated running takeoff of some coots

#birb #california
Three coots running on top of water with fully extended wings
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Was a huge Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii #moth party at the light trap, had at least 80 come by. Got a nice shot of this one and its pink abdomen.

#teammoth
A yellow brown moth with translucent wings a very fuzzy thorax and a bright pink abdomen atop some wood slats.
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Spotted my first Biston sinuaria #moth this weekend, came to my light trap and hung around all morning

#teammoth #california
A white moth with grey and black line decorating it's wings and a hefty fur coat around the head, it's resting on a piece of wood. A low angle shot of the same moth from it's front show it's face, you can make out more legs and the the tall fuzzy protuberance off the back of the thorax.
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Black Phoebe looking very content and well fed.

#borb #california
A small black and grey bird standing on a rock in water, who is very round.
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Black Phoebe getting some snacks from the pond.

#birb #california
Black Phoebe above some water, it mid flight trying to grab little fishes from the water and so looks like it's floating with the beak open and the tips of its beak in the water and the wings pointed back and up as it hovers. A reflection of the bird can be seen in the water below though distorted by waves.
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Identifying this moth (Edward's Glassywing) meant I got to learn about Henry Edwards the first "actor-entomolgist" whom I've ever heard of. He seems to have been really quite effective at these seemingly disparate jobs.

And it's really pretty.

#moth #california
It's a moth holding on to the rim of a clear plastic container. The moth's face and legs dominate the foreground. Its antennae can be seen tucked under its wings. The eye is large and black. The legs are mostly pale with some red color.to.some segments and black stripes. In the background is some grey cloth and a large white rectangle.
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Baby #hippo snuggles up with a parent. We got to watch them just relaxing together for a while.

#hippopotamus #tanzania
A very small baby hippo with mottled grey and pink skin lies sleepily stop the nose/mouth of the head of what is likely a parent. Baby to the right and adult on the left. They are both in a water at the edge of lake and some mud and grasses are at the bottom of the photo.
September 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The fully extended landing gear on waterfowl always makes me smile. (Spotted Shag)

#birb #newzealand
Spotted Shag coming for a landing on a cliff wall. Wings are fully stretched to the sides and curled back. Feet are also fully flared to the side.
September 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Capturing the feel of a #waterfall in Hinewai Reserve.

#newzealand
A cascade of water, smoothed by a long exposure flanked by mossy rocks on both sides and some branches on the right.
September 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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NZ Tomtit is basically the definition of #borb so round so tiny.

#newzealand
Tiny round black and white birb perched on a branch, long thin green leaves in the background
September 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Hiking in #newzealand means seeing #sheep and as it's lambing season, that means there are ridiculously adorable #lambs all about, like, just look at this cutie!
A lamb with some darn fuzzy legs standing in some grassy green hills.
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM