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Adele Prandini
Photographer
Pacifica, California
Flukes and Feathers
Walking in nature is meditation.
Birdsong is healing
American Gold Finch
A yellow flash zooms by your eye..it's probably a goldfinch.
Flying Spectacle
Had the good fortune of visiting Pescadero Beach and discovering the Sequoia Audubon Trail - sharing h
abitat - the Great Egret and the Snowy Egret flying together
abitat - the Great Egret and the Snowy Egret flying together
Heads Up
The Gull - the Western Gull in this case - Gulls are intelligent- adaptable birds - they have a highly developed social structure
Mr. Blue
Did you know that the Scrub Jay is related to Crows and Ravens? And just as intelligent - They plan for the future - they hold funerals - they re-cache their food stores to protect from pilfering
Spotted Towhee
The Spotted Towhee is not only beautiful but once you identifly the song you won't forget it. Just look at those eyes! The dappled feathers - Oh my
Big Beautiful Feet
American Coot - Red eyes and green feet - the American Coot is an omnivore but primarily eats algae - the coot is monogamous throughout life
Townsend One
This is a Townsend's Warbler - They are fast - Look up in the evergreen
Yellow on White
Snowy Egret meandering down the beach - a small white heron - I have a pal who tells the difference between the Great Egret and the Snowy Egret by the foot color - "if they're wearing yellow sneakers, it's a Snowy Egret"
Crow or Raven
Corvids - Crows, Ravens and Jays oh my! Ravens are the largest - they tend to hop on the ground - larger -thicker beak - Ravens are also expert flyers. Crows have a wedge-shaped tail.
Hummingbird & Hummingbird Flower
Anna's Hummingbird is a permanent resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. Amazing flyers, the only bird who is able to hover mid-air. They fly in all directions and can do it upside down and backwards! Are you dizzy yet?
Oh Those Beautiful Eyes
The White-tailed Kite is a small raptor - a resident of the Pacific Coast - This small hawk weights less than a pound. It hunts by turning into the wind and beats it's wings to stay aloft while scanning the fields below for mice, moles, voles and other small mammals.
State Bird of...
Utah?! According to Wikipedia, around the time of the Gold Rush a plague of Mormon Crickets aka katydids were feasting on settlers' crops - when the gulls returned to the area to breed they feasted on the crickets - saving the crops! In gratitude the leadership of the time named the California Gull the State Bird of Utah.
Pretty in Yellow
A Yellow-rumped Warbler sitting pretty.
Raven Intimacies
Ravens mate for life and they can live for more than forty years. This pair is preening one another. This is a, 'Till death do we part' kind of realationship.
More Raven Love
Elegant Flight
It's amazing to watch these large birds walking along the lagoon one moment and being airborn in the next. This one by the way is a Great Blue Heron.
Adaptability
California Scrub-Jay according to iNaturalist and Wikipedia are great planners. They can remember the location of up to two hundred food caches as well as the food item in each cache. I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday!
Nictitating Membrane
If you are a Birdnote subscriber you learn lots of interestting things. Did you know that the Nictitating membrane is wide spread in nearly all vertebrates? Including fish, amphibians, reptiles (which includes birds), and mammals. You know that little bit of skin in the corner of your eye near the bridge of your nose? That's your vestigial nictitating eyelid!
Bufflehead in Flight
A Bufflehead duck flies over the marsh in Pescadero, CA
Snowy Egret Looks Up
There is something very touching when I see a bird looking up at the sky...
Lesser Goldfinch POV
A Lesser Goldfinch looks out from the shadows
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