Barn Owl at the local Botanic Gardens. 1st image is Hi Res 50 MP, 2nd is HDR1 as a bracketed JPG. Curious to see the difference bsky post.

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Allen's hummingbird feeding in a Bottlebrush "little john" shrub. A captivating glimpse of nature for us on a chilly spring morning.

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Femles Allen's in our lantana

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Great Horned Owl watching over his family

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Great Horned Owl mother and chick

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Red-whiskered Bulbul

Sibley states "Introduced from Asia. Very small numbers are found in wooded suburban habitat in southern California. Usually inconspicuous."

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Squirrel in a sea of green

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A fox squirrel fixated on passersby at the LA Arboretum

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White-crowned Sparrow enjoying our plum tree blossoms

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Great Horned Owl chick under a Sycamore canopy

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Great Horned Owl chick getting comfortable

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Lesser and American Goldfinch standoff, "I was here first"

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Allen's at the feeder

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Handsome molting adult male yellow rumped warbler

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Anna's at rest

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Red-shouldered hawk profile using a branch as a leg rest

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House finch brightening up a gloomy morning

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1250mm
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California Scrub-Jay posing

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Colorful California Towhee emerging from brush

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Male finch airborn with a mouthful

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Gull overhead. Ring-billed or California, hard for me to tell.

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Spotted Towhee making a 2nd appearance. What a treat.

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Great Horned Owl chick 3/4 view

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1/320 f5.6
iso 2000

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Bold stare from a Great Horned Owl chick

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Light adult Red-tailed Hawk soar

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Great Horned Owl chick waiting for dusk

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Vermilion Flycatcher. First siting for me.

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Swinhoe's White-Eye in cherry blossoms

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Allen's eying cherry blossoms in the next tree over

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Cooper's Hawk

On a late afternoon walk dodging rain clouds, we spotted this beauty. She spotted us too.
I love her grey slate feather color and the transition to the tail with the browns and stripes.

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