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From August 6, 2020-
A very special day- saw the Northern Saw-Whet Owl in North Bernal. Rare find, especially in the city.

I birded a lot in the last few months of 2020, hitting some new spots such as Shoreline Park in Mountain View (great location for photographing ducks in flight!), Santa Cruz, Brannan State Park, Truckee, Bodega Bay, and a morning spent watching a pair of  Bald Eagles building a nest in Milpitas. Lots of new pictures on this page from those trips, though only 1 or 2 new species.
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Northern Saw-whet Owl, Bernal, SF
Northern Saw-whet Owl, Bernal, SF
Northern Saw-whet Owl, Bernal, SF
Northern Saw-whet Owl, Bernal, SF
Northern Saw-whet Owl, Bernal, SF
Calliope Hummingbird, Sonoma
Long-billed Dowitchers, Bodega Bay
Marbled Godwits, Bodega Bay
Pacific Wren, Bodega Bay
Red-necked Phalarope, Bodega Bay
Osprey, Bodega Bay
Whimbrel, Bodega Bay
Caspian Tern
Cliff Swallow, Las Gallinas
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Las Gallinas
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Las Gallinas
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Las Gallinas
Nutall's Woodpecker, Fort Mason
Nutall's Woodpecker, Fort Mason
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher, Fort Mason
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher, Fort Mason
Swainson's Thrush, Fort Mason
Swainson's Thrush, Fort Mason
Tree Swallow (juvenile), Las Gallinas
Tree Swallow (juvenile), Las Gallinas
Vaux's Swift
Warbling Vireo, GGP
Warbling Vireo, GGP
Western Tanager, GGP
Western Tanager, Fort Mason
White-tailed Kite, Las Gallinas
White-tailed Kite, Las Gallinas
White-tailed Kite, Las Gallinas
White-tailed Kite, Las Gallinas
Wood Duck, GGP
Wood Duck, GGP
Wood Duck, GGP
Yellow-headed Blackbird, GGP
Yellow-headed Blackbird, GGP
Western Wood-Peewee, GGP
Spotted Sandpiper, Bodega Bay
Cassin's Finch (female), Tahoe
Cassin's Finch (female), Tahoe
Cassin's Finch, Tahoe
Cassin's Finch, Tahoe
Cassin's Finch, Tahoe
Clark's Nutcracker, Tahoe
Common Yellowthroat, Tahoe
Common Yellowthroat, Tahoe
Common Yellowthroat, Tahoe
Dark-eyed Junco, GGP
Cooper's Hawk, Tahoe
Cooper's Hawk, Tahoe
Cooper's Hawk, Tahoe
Lazuli Bunting (female), Tahoe
MacGillivray's Warbler, GGP
MacGillivray's Warbler, GGP
Mountain Chickadee, Tahoe
Mountain Chickadee, Tahoe
Mountain Chickadee, Tahoe
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Tahoe
Stellar's Jay, Tahoe
Yellow Warbler (female), GGP
Yellow Warbler, GGP
American Avocet, Shoreline Park
American Avocet, Shoreline Park
American Coot, Shoreline Park
American Wigeon (female), Shoreline Park
American Wigeon (male), Shoreline Park
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Bald Eagle, Milpitas
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Bald Eagle building nest, Milpitas
Brown Pelican, Shoreline Park
Brown Pelican, Shoreline Park
Bufflehead (female), Shoreline Park
California Thrasher, Santa Cruz
California Thrasher, Santa Cruz
Canvasback, Shoreline Park
Common Goldeneye, Shoreline Park
Common Goldeneye, Shoreline Park
Common Merganser, Milpitas
Common Merganser, Milpitas
Common Merganser, Milpitas
Common Merganser, Milpitas
Double-crested Cormorant, Shoreline Park
Double-crested Cormorant, Shoreline Park
Double-crested Cormorant, Milpitas
Dusky Flycatcher, Santa Cruz
Eared Grebe, Shoreline Park
Eared Grebe, Shoreline Park
Eurasian Wigeon (female), Shoreline Park
Eurasian Wigeon (female), Shoreline Park
Eurasian Wigeon (female), Shoreline Park
Forster's Tern, Shoreline Park
Banded Golden-crowned Sparrow, UCSC
Banded Golden-crowned Sparrow, UCSC
Banded Golden-crowned Sparrow, UCSC
Golden-crowned Sparrow, Shoreline Park
Green-winged Teal, Shoreline Park
Green-winged Teal, Shoreline Park
Green-winged Teal, Shoreline Park
Green-winged Teal, Shoreline Park
Gull eating G-W Teal, Shoreline Park
Gull, Shoreline Park
Hermit Thrush, Santa Cruz
Horned Grebe, Shoreline Park
Horned Grebe, Shoreline Park
Horned Grebe, Shoreline Park
House Wren, Santa Cruz
Killdeer, Shoreline Park
Mallard, Shoreline Park
Mallard, Shoreline Park
Mallard, Shoreline Park
Mallard, Shoreline Park
Merlin, Brannan SP
Merlin, Brannan SP
Merlin, Brannan SP
House Finch, Santa Cruz
Marbled Godwit, Shoreline Park
Northern Flicker, Brannan SP
Northern Shoveller, Shoreline Park
Northern Shoveller, Shoreline Park
Northern Shoveller, Shoreline Park
Northern Shoveller, Shoreline Park
Northern Shoveller, Shoreline Park
Northern Shoveller, Shoreline Park
Sandpiper, Shoreline
Peregrine Falcon, Brannan SP
Pied-billed Grebe, Shoreline Park
Ring-billed Gull pirating Forster's Tern, Shoreline Park
Ring-billed Gull pirating Forster's Tern, Shoreline Park
Redhead, Shoreline
Redhead, Shoreline
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Santa Cruz
Sandpiper, Shoreline
Surf Scoter, Shoreline
Surf Scoter, Shoreline
Forster's Tern, Shoreline
Townsend's Warbler, Santa Cruz
Pygmy Nuthatch, Santa Cruz
Red-tailed Hawk, Santa Cruz
Red-tailed Hawk, Santa Cruz
Red-tailed Hawk, Santa Cruz
Snowy Egret, Shoreline Park
Snowy Egret, Shoreline Park
White-tailed Kite, Santa Cruz
White-tailed Kite, Santa Cruz
American Goldfinch, Lake Merced
Bald Eagle (immature), Hawk Hill
Black-throated Gray Warbler, GGP
Black Oystercatcher, HHP
Black Oystercatcher, HHP
Common Raven, Lake Merced
Forster's Tern, Shoreline
Fox Sparrow, Presidio
GHO, GGP
GHO, GGP
Great-tailed Grackle, Lake Merced
Great-tailed Grackle, Lake Merced
Golden-crowned Sparrow, Milpitas
Hermit Warbler, GGP
Hermit Warbler, GGP
Hermit Warbler, GGP
Northern Flicker, Brannan SP
Nuttall's Woodpecker, GGP
Orange-crowned Warbler, GGP
Red-winged Blackbird, Lake Merced
Stellar's Jay, Lake Merced
Scrub Jay, Lake Merced
Scrub Jay, Lake Merced
Scrub Jay, Lake Merced
Unidentified Warbler (?TOWA vs BTGW), Lake Merced
UB, Lake Merced
UB, Lake Merced
Townsend's Warbler, Presidio
Western Bluebird, Fort Mason
Western Bluebird, Fort Mason
Western Bluebird, Fort Mason
Western Meadowlark, Fort Mason
Western Meadowlark, Fort Mason
Western Meadowlark, Fort Mason
Whimbrel with catch, HHP
Whimbrel with catch, HHP
Whimbrel with catch, HHP
Whimbrel, HHP
Whimbrel, HHP
Whimbrel, HHP
White-crowned Sparrow (immature)