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| Walking Surf Scoter, Ocean Beach |
I'm pretty sure I'd never seen a surf scoter on foot before today. This one was working the rough, splashing shallows in front of Sutro Baths and would occasionally get swept among the rocks by the currents of flowing shorebreak. This time the scoter decided to take an overland route to get back where he wanted to be. He was feeding in an interesting way, burying his beak part way into the sand and rapidly "munching" as the shorebreak retreated after washing up the beach.
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| I was less than a block out the front door this morning when a red-shouldered hawk swooped down onto the power pole, being chased by a few crows. |
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| The crows weren't content to let it hang around here, either, and the hawk flew away to escape the harassment. |
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Northern Flicker Near Bison Paddock
(Quite a few cedar waxwings were hawking insects from the flicker's pine tree and adjacent eucalyptus, but the waxies were too high up to photograph.) |
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| Several yellow-rumped warblers were hawking insects from the cover of a redwood at North Lake. |
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| Unattended Eagle Eggs |
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| Less Than Five Minutes Later |
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