Fantastic experience at #CaliforniaBotanicGarden tonight.

Costa's hummingbird grooming. They're known for their extended gorget and here its clearly visible and purple on a male.

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Fountain relief for a hummingbird, either a female Allen's or Anna's

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Anna's hummingbird observing a butterfly garden at the California Botanic Garden

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Fountain fun for an Anna's hummingbird at our local California Botanic Garden

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To Rise and Fall

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So happy to participate in the California Botanic Garden’s “Forever California” spring gala. Over $300,000 was raised to benefit the garden!! Congratulations to the staff & leadership at CBG!! #forevercalifornia #californiabotanicgarden

Tiny Fingers

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Going back to the California Botanic Garden in Claremont today. It was a gloomy and wet day but there were plenty of flowers.

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Western Scrub-Jay pair, one with an acorn. Taken late in the day, the very end of the golden light.

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Today seemed like a good day for stroll through a garden.

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Once more back to the California Botanic Garden in Claremont we find some interesting sculptures and a squirrel
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Going back to the California Botanic Garden in Claremont today.

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This American Kestrel is a rescue. I have yet to get an image of one in the wild and am looking forward to it. Such a beautiful bird.

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Close up of a rehabilitated great horned owl on Family Bird Festival Day at the Botanic Gardens.

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Another black phoebe with a reverse liftoff. It was following insect swarms and saw a snack.

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3 cedar waxwing birds, one perched, one ascending wings forward and one in flight like a missle to the northwest

Cedar waxwing trio. Busy birds, always alert.

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Close up of the same red shouldered hawk as yesterday

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Went on a day trip on Valentines. Went to the California Botanic Garden first. It wasn’t the time to go, not many flowers blooming, but plenty of photo opportunities. And SQUIRRELS.
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Red shouldered hawk on a cool morning. We waited and waited hoping to see it fly off but it never did so we continued on our walk.

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Cedar waxwing with the more common yellow tipped tail. Often birds look like they're deep in thought. I suppose it's not easy being a bird.

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Curious goldfinch. I sat down in some dappled light beneath a tree and watched as finches, towhees, bushtits and bewick's wrens accepted my presence and took turns getting closer and closer. This was my reward.

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Male phainopepla in midday light.
Not the best time to capture color but maybe it works for a bird that's nearly completely black & white?

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Phainopepla trio on on a gloomy February morning

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Likely a towhee

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Cassin's kingbird bug hunt

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small grey fine feathered bushtit on apricot globe mallow stalk with partial soft backlight

Lighter Lightroom edit version of Bushtit on apricot globe mallow stalk, late afternoon partial sun backlight

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Allen's hummingbird hovering over meadow in soft muted light

Same Allen's with different light still as it hovers over meadow

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Allen's hummingbird with light from water on throat adding red glow

Same Allen's with added light reflecting off water

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Allen's hummingbird on patrol

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