All of them are gone from my area for the season 😔 I patiently await their return this October

Love these guys! The white-crowns winter over in my area and the goldens stop over on their migration paths :)

A California scrub jay lightly covered by leafless scrub foliage. It has a blue band covering most of its body with a slate band around the top of its head and wings. It has a white underbelly and a dark thick bill

The humble #californiascrubjay at a local nature preserve outside of Elk Grove #birdsmatter #birdsofbluesky

Great blue heron !

Some serenity for today - great blue heron

A greater yellowlegs bird wades around a green wetland marsh. Its plumage is buff/brown with white spots all over and a white underbelly

Saw a gaggle of water birds at Consumes River preserve in Elk Grove, CA! Featuring a Greater Yellowlegs

These are my favorite bird. Sad to see them go, but I’m happily awaiting their return in October :)

Canada goose and tundra swan(s)?

These guys have been around my general area much more frequently than last year! I love the females’ executioner hoods

Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes shape adaptations in sugar-consuming birds High-sugar diets cause human metabolic diseases, yet several bird lineages convergently adapted to feeding on sugar-rich nectar or fruits. We investigated the underlying molecular mechanisms in hummin...

Happy to share that our work with Ekaterina Osipova, @maggiemcko.bsky.social, Tim Sackton, Maude Baldwin & fantastic collaborators on convergent and lineage-specific genomic adaptations in sugar-feeding birds is published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... While high sugar intake ...

The local Sandhills cranes just left yesterday 🥲 sad to see everybirdy leave, but they’ll be back in November. I’m just grateful the local white crowned sparrows and yellow rumped warblers will stick around until April

Far away shot of a multi colored male wood duck floating in a misty wooded swamp.

#nature #ducks #photography

The Yellow-billed Magpie is a unique California treasure. Rated Vulnerable and Uncommon, it is still struggling to make a population comeback after being devastated by West Nile Virus two decades ago. Signs of success, like this Herculean effort, are reason for celebration. #birds_matter #birds

I have two local populations/groups of these guys in the city I live in! Their tails are so long and the blue accent is absolutely gorgeous

Today's frog is the red-eyed tree frog. And its kid, who just climbed out of the pond.

The humble house finch posted up at a local park

2/14/26 Manteca, CA

This is huge! Yellow-billed magpies have been in a steep decline over the years and I hope this can help them

That as so much excessive movement at the beginning for just one cricket 😭 I love those guys

Northern Mockingbird sitting in a tree.
#birds

Just a common little bird - common in California but unknown elsewhere. Good morning, Oak Titmouse! #birds_matter #birds

A scrub jay, with a white belly and blue head/wings/tail, perched on a roof

A local #californiascrubjay foraging for seeds on a roof #birdsofbluesky

Manteca CA 1/26/26

An American robin perched upon an Italian cypress tree

The turds are migrating (Turdus Migratorius) #birdsofbluesky

American robin 1/22/26

I don't take a lot of pictures of geese but anytime I can get wings over water with a sunrise and fog in the background I will fire away 📷 #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueSkyPhotographer #Birds 🪶 #NatureLovers #Wildlife

Love some sprigs

I love when they yell “YIPE”
Their call is so loud and ugly, yet oddly endearing

These guys look crazy similar to California scrub jays (whose populations are quite bountiful)

#birdsofbluesky

A brown pelican about a foot above the water, coming in for a landing. Its wings are spread and tilted upward

A brown pelican about to land in the water with its full wingspan on display. Behind it is a trail of water from initial touchdown

A #Brownpelican gave me an opportunity for a great dynamic shot as it made touchdown in the water. Taken October 7th at Santa Cruz, CA

These are also known as Sprigs! You learn something new everyday

White bellied caique. The birds in Minecraft are (from left to right) a blue and gold macaw, some type of amazon AFAIK, and a cockatiel

She’s also got a podcast she helps host called All My Relations that’s a must-listen