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Timothy Jackson
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Birder, stargazer, gardener, and reader in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California. Also likes baseball.
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Some shots from a walk at Cameron Park Lake (Northern California) today.
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Cedar Waxwings annihilating persimmons. Killdeer holding a conversation with another nearby killdeer. Pied-billed Grebe Snowy Egret and reflection. I like how you can see the yellow feet in the shallow water.
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Wild Turkey foraging along Michigan Bar Rd. just north of the Cosumnes River (Northern California). Taken on November 1st in low early morning light.
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Wild Turkey foraging along Michigan Bar Rd. just north of the Cosumnes River (Northern California). Taken on November 1st in low early morning light.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Holiday Harrier and friends. Some pics from an early Thanksgiving afternoon walk at Rasmussen Park and Open Space (Northern California).
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Female Northern Harried in direct light against sticks. Female Northern Harrier in side light. The facial disk gives this hawk an owl like look. Acorn Woodpecker with acorn stogie. Red-shouldered Hawk swiveling its head to check us out.
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Snowy Egret hanging out on a tree branch and looking cool at Cameron Park Lake (Northern California).
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Snowy Egret hanging out on a tree branch and looking cool at Cameron Park Lake (Northern California).
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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13 second video of a female Northern Harrier bathing in Salmon Creek (Northern California). This is the same spot I found an Osprey bathing at in years past.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Song Sparrow on lupine at Salt Point State Park (Northern California).
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Song Sparrow on lupine at Salt Point State Park (Northern California).
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Brandt's Cormorant flying along the surf at Salmon Creek Beach (Northern California).
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Brandt's Cormorant flying along the surf at Salmon Creek Beach (Northern California).
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Great Egret on the jetty rail in Bodega Harbor (Northern California).
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October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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American Kestrel (male) in side light along the trails on Bodega Head (Northern California coast). Couldn't move to front light without flushing the bird.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Pied-billed Grebe at Cameron Park Lake in Northern California (10/10/2025).
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October 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Least Sandpiper (9/17/2025) at Abbotts Lagoon (Point Reyes National Seashore). Saw several of these shorebirds sitting in slight depressions in the sand.
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Least Sandpiper (9/17/2025) at Abbotts Lagoon (Point Reyes National Seashore). Saw several of these shorebirds sitting in slight depressions in the sand.
September 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Elegant Tern (9/17/2025) diving into Tomales Bay.
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Elegant Tern (9/17/2025) diving into Tomales Bay.
September 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Heermann's Gull between two tails (9/16/2025) at Limantour Beach (Point Reyes National Seashore).
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Heermann's Gull between two tails (9/16/2025) at Limantour Beach (Point Reyes National Seashore).
September 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Lesser Yellowlegs (9/17/2025) at Abbotts Lagoon (Point Reyes National Seashore).
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Lesser Yellowlegs (9/17/2025) at Abbotts Lagoon (Point Reyes National Seashore).
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Marbled Godwits (9/16/2025) at Limantour Beach (Point Reyes National Seashore). A little hazy with spray.
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Marbled Godwits (9/16/2025) at Limantour Beach (Point Reyes National Seashore). A little hazy with spray.
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Townsend's Warbler (9/18/2025) at Samuel P. Taylor State Park. My guess is this is a female due to the lack of a black throat.
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Townsend's Warbler (9/18/2025) at Samuel P. Taylor State Park. My guess is this is a female due to the lack of a black throat.
September 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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A few pics from a walk along Buck's Creek (Northern California) on Thursday morning.
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Hen Wood Duck: the drakes (males) are very colorful but the ladies tear drop eye mask is eyecatching as well Snowy Egret: this one seems to have just finished preening. Note the white feathers on the rock and on its bill Great Egret: having just displaced the Snowy from the previous picture Black Phoebe: flycatcher extraordinaire
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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An Acorn Woodpecker was hammering away on one of the wood buildings at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park yesterday. We stopped to watch, and the bird swiveled its head around to see what we were doing.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Male Belted Kingfisher moving upstream pretty fast. Did my best to catch him. South Fork American River (Northern California) via Greenwood Creek access.
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Male Belted Kingfisher moving upstream pretty fast
July 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Pipevine Swallowtail on Buttonbush. South Fork of the American River (Northern California) via Greenwood Creek access.
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Pipevine Swallowtail on Buttonbush
July 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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We walked around Cameron Park Lake (Northern California) this morning. I had to wear a sweater in July! Species in the ALT text.
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Adult Pied-billed Grebe with two chicks. The light angle was not great. Grebe chicks typically have the interestingly striped heads. Teenage Pied-billed Grebe. Green Heron
July 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Late June saw many juvenile songbirds in our yard (Northern California) had left their nests. It was a bumper crop year for American Robins. We've also seen juvenile California Towhee, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Spotted Towhee at this birdbath.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Some pics from today's Sacramento Audubon field trip to Wrights Lake (Northern California) led by Rachael Cowan.
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Red-breasted Sapsucker Lodgepole Chipmunk Juvenile Green-tailed Towhee Dark-eyed Junco with a mouthful
July 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Some insects from our morning walk at Rasmussen Open Space (Cameron Park, CA). Species in the ALT text.
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Western Tiger Swallowtail Twelve-spotted Skimmer (male) Lorquin's Admiral
July 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM