Birding
Juvenile white-tailed kite scratching ear
Juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk scratching ear
Juvenile red shouldered hawk
Allen’s hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
UCSC Arboretum
California Quail
Northern mockingbird with pollen face
Anna’s hummingbird
UCSC Arboretum
Male great horned owl
Great horned owl fledgling
Great horned owl
Duck chicks lining up for bed time
Red-breasted sapsucker
birds photo
Female great horned owl
Great blue heron with prey
The heron just grabbed the unlucky rodent — I think a pocket gopher — from his hole. The gopher is literally peeing himself with the heron’s lower bill stabbed through his back. The heron is in the process of shaking off all the plants before taking his prize off to be swallowed whole.
Nikon d850 on M program at 1/1000th, f/7.1, and auto-ISO at 140 with the Nikon 500mm f/5.6e PF, handheld. The photo is cropped down from 45MP to 26MP for an effective focal length of 920mm. This is a JPG off the camera with a little cleanup in Lightroom.
Rufous Hummingbird landing
Rufous Hummingbird spreading wings
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous hummingbird
Rufous hummingbird
Great horned owl fledgling
Great horned owl fledgling flapping near nest
Rufous Hummingbird in flight landing
Rufous Hummingbird preening
Rufous Hummingbird close up with insect
Rufous Hummingbird with insect
Tree swallow in flight
Killdeer in grasses