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A Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) flying from one branch to the next in a pine tree.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SmallBirdsInFlight, any bird, duck-sized or smaller, in flight.

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) flying from branch to branch, frantically searching for insects to consume. #birds #birding #rubycrownedkinglet #photography #wildlife

A wet Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) perched on a pine tree branch.

A large pine tree with ten or more wet Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) perched on various branches.

Two wet Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) perched in a pine tree, one below and in front of the other.

A wet Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) perched on a pine tree branch.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #weather a favourite shot in any weather we can see…..rain, wind, snow etc.

Last year, around ten Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) roosted in our neighbor's pine tree. They looked cold, wet, and miserable. #birds #aves #hawks #birding #wildlife

A Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on a green bush with red berries, with one of the berries in its mouth.

The #BirdofTheDay theme is #snacks, any bird eating.

A Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) feasting on Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) berries.

#birds #aves #wildlife #nature #cedarwaxwings #birding

One last round of images before the end of the month. This Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) spent almost ten minutes stretching and preening earlier today.

#birds #birding #wildlife #backyardwildlife #hummingbirds #BirdOfTheMonth #aves #BirdsSeenIn2026 #nature #BestOfTheMonth

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A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) flying over a lake with wings tips pointing towards the water and light from the setting sun showing through the flight feathers,

A female Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii) with her head sticking out of a nest box

A male Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) perched on a water fountain with its feet in the water, looking towards the right of the image.

A Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perched in a pine tree with the moon parallel and to the left of the hawk.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestOfTheMonth, your best bird capture/s of March.

1) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
2) Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii)
3) Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
4) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

#birds #wildlife #birding #aves #BirdsSeenIn2026 #nature

A female Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) perched on a water fountain with her feet in the water, looking towards the right of the image.

A male Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) perched on a water fountain with its feet in the water, looking towards the right of the image.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow in its plumage.

We have a pair of Hooded Orioles (Icterus cucullatus) that show up every spring to nest somewhere in the neighborhood. They show up almost every day to drink and bathe in our water fountain. #birds #backyardwildlife

A Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perched in a pine tree with the moon parallel and to the left of the hawk.

It took a bit of luck and patience to finally get a shot of the moon rising next to one of our local Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis).

This was created using focus stacking in PS from two images. The scene was the same; one was focused on the hawk, the other on the moon. #birds #moon #wildlife

A male Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) with nonbreeding plumage perched on a branch.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme for Saturday is #blue, any bird with blue in its coloring.

We're hoping the Lazuli Buntings (Passerina amoena) will stop by again this spring. Last year, they were here for a couple of weeks.

#birds #wildlife #buntings #songbirds

They are here in Southern California from October to April in huge numbers, and then they disappear.

A Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) perched on a small branch with its mouth open and its head pointing almost straight up at the sky.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenBeak, any bird with its beak open.

Here is Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) from last week's early morning hike. #birds #birding #wildlife #sparrows #birdsseenin2026

A female Western Screech-Owls (Megascops kennicottii) with her head sticking out of a nest box

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtMe, birds looking at you.

We have a pair of Western Screech Owls (Megascops kennicottii) that use our nest box every year. This will be their fifth year in a row.

#birds #backyardwildlife #wildlife #owls

A House Finch Singing While Perched on a Branch YouTube video by Doghouse Wildlife

Here's a short video if anyone isn't familiar with their calls.

An American Coot (Fulica americana) is floating on the water with a slightly distorted reflection.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections, any bird reflections.

An American Coot (Fulica americana) photographed at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, CA.

#birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) on a fountain with its head in the water and wings vertically flipping water drops into the air.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Splash any bird capture with a splash of water, wave breaking, or droplets of water on the bird. The alt is #Sparrow any Sparrow capture.

Here is a Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) on our water fountain.

#birds #backyardwildlife #warblers #birdbath #wildlife

You're like a one to two week early warning system for us up here near the San Gabriel Mountains. We had a male Hooded Oriole show up this past week.

An Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is drinking from our hummingbird feeder with its wing forward, almost covering its eyes.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Feeders, birds on feeders, the Alt theme #Green, any bird with Green in its plumage.

An Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) photographed drinking from our hummingbird feeder.

#birds #backyardwildlife #hummingbirds

A Say's Phoebe (Sayornis says) perched on a twig in front of a mostly green background.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay any bird with grey in their plumage, any bird photographed in rain or with a grey background.

A Say's Phoebe (Sayornis says) photographed at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California.

#birds #wildlife #phoebe #wildlifephotography

Two male and one female Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) floating on top of the water on a foggy morning.

Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Horizontal. Three Mallards in a row, swimming across a lake on a foggy morning.

#birds #wildlife #ducks #mallards #waterbirds

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A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) flying with wings spread wide open at dusk with the sun setting in the background.

Happy #FlyDay. This Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) was photographed earlier in the week as it flew over a lake near Los Angeles, California.

#birds #wildlife #herons #greatblueheron #wildlifephotography

An Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) perched on a small branch with its feathers fluffed out.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TwigsAreUs, birds perched on twigs, the Alt theme is #HeadShots, any birds head shot.

Here is an Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) perched on a twig in our backyard. #birds #birding #wildlife #backyardwildlife #hummingbirds

A Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) perched on an old tree stump with its mouth wide open.

A Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) perched on the tallest plant overlooking a meadow near Cascade Lake in Yellowstone National Park.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SongBirds, any songbird, and the alternative is #PerfectlyPerched, any bird perched.

1) A Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
2) A Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

#birds #yellowstonenp #birding #sparrows #wildlife #nature #photography

Your pelicans are still down here in Southern California.

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An Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) perched on a bush with its wings open and feathers fluffed out.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying: birds with wings open on the Floor/Water but not flying. The Alt theme is #Black&White: birds with black & white feathers.

This Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) was photographed on a morning hike in Feb, 2025.

#birds #birding #wildlife

The sun is setting behind a grove of trees on the edge of a lake. Egrets and Cormorants are using the trees as their roost for the night.

Sunset at Frank G. Bonelli Park near San Dimas, California.

#landscapephotography #sunset #photography #nature #birding #cormorants #egrets

A pair of Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) with theirs neck extending vertically and bills crossed while holding some leaf litter.

A pair of Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) floating on the surface of a lake.

A pair of Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) were busy with their courtship last night. #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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A small group of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) standing on the shore of a lake.

A small group of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) floating on the surface of a lake.

Two American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) standing in shallow water near the shore of a lake.

An American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) floating on a lake and splashing water on its feathers.

It's almost time for the American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) to fly north for the summer.

These were hanging out at a local Los Angeles County park yesterday evening.

#birds #pelicans #wildlife #wildlifephotography