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Gareth Bogdanoff
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I am an amateur naturalist and bird photographer living in the Bay Area, California.

https://www.garethbogdanoff.com/
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Snowy Egrets are a common sight around the San Francisco Bay, but I never get tired of seeing them. This is another shot from my archives, taken at Eden Landing in 2001.

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A Snowy Egret wading in the marsh.
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Another photo from Mono Lake in 2021, an Eared Grebe.

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December 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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I'm going back in my archives, and found this photo of a Sage Thrasher at Mono Lake that I took in October 2021.

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December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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It's been over a year since my trip to Australia, and I wish I could go back. Hopefully someday. Here's a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at Lane Cove River National Park in Sydney.

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December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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A Dark-eyed Junco at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland.

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December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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A Snowy Egret at Bay Point Regional Shoreline.

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December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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A Great Egret at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County.

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December 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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A Steller's Jay at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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A Great Egret at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County.

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December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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An Anna's Hummingbird at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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An Anna's Hummingbird at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland.

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November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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A Pelagic Cormorant against the backdrop of the ocean waves near Mendocino.

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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A Chustnut-Backed Chickadee at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County. There was a huge flock of them near the parking lot, but somehow this was the best shot I could get.

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November 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Since nobody likes banana slugs, here's a Caspian Tern at Coyote Hills Regional Preserve in Fremont.

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October 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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And now for something completely different. A banana slug. We saw hundreds of them in Mendocino last week.

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October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Another Raven portrait from Noyo Headlands Park in Fort Bragg.

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October 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Raven portrait from Noyo Headlands Park in Fort Bragg.

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October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A Great Egret at Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Mendocino County, California.

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October 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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A Green Heron at MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California.

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September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Graaah! A Common Raven at Noyo Headlands Park in Fort Bragg, California.

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September 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Anyway, here's a flock of Barn Swallows at Coyote Hills Regional Preserve in Fremont, CA.

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September 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Confusing bird ID time: these photos are from the same day, in July, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I think that they are both juvenile Brown-headed Cowbirds. Their feathering is completely different, tho. Is bird 1 a male, and bird 2 a female? Or is my ID wrong?

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September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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A super basic portrait of a Western Gull. Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay.

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September 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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I was looking through my archives and found this photo of a Northern Harrier from 2019. This was at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park in Berkeley. The bird only landed here for a few seconds before taking off again.

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September 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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A Dark Eyed Junco at Sibley Volcanic Preserve in Oakland.

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September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM