A regal male house finch drying off yesterday morning with some abstract natural framing.

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A couple of cardinal shots from a trip to see friends in Illinois. These are 2 of 40 total images I managed over 4 days. Not a photo trip.

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Tricolored heron on a branch with morning light. The rust colored neck identifies it as the tricolored heron

Tricolored heron

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yellow rumped warbler on bush with sparse buds and pale yellow white branches. Muted brown colors

Yellow rumped warbler at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
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black bird with white breast on a garden fencepost in the rain

Solitary black phoebe, rainy afternoon

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Probably a Cooper's Hawk atop some spaulded tree limbs on a grey afternoon.

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Side view of red tinged male house finch on branch with vertical falling rain, green greeping fig bokeh background

And one more... male house finch in a rare southern California rain

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Red tinged male house finch on branch with vertical falling rain, green greeping fig bokeh background

Male house finch in a rare southern California rain

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