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Bobcat, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California

Photo of a bobcat running.
Bobcat on the Run

I went out to Point Reyes for a while today.  I saw two bobcats and a coyote, not to mention the more common things like elk, deer, various hawks, a burrowing owl,  and other birds.  When I first saw this bobcat it was lying down in the grass.  I wasn’t sure if it was a bobcat or a tabby cat.  One of our two tabby cats has a face that looks just like a bobcat’s face and there are plenty of farm cats in the Seashore.  Anyway, as you can see from the photo, it was definitely a bobcat.  Point Reyes is a good place to spot bobcats, but they exist in suitable habitat throughout Marin County.

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Lesser Goldfinch, Marin County, California

Photo of goldfinch.
Goldfinch in the Garden

Here is another photo from our garden.  I decided to do a poster series of birds like I did last summer of Yellowstone wildlife.  The Yellowstone posters are available at The Paradise Gallery in Gardiner, Montana.   The bird posters are now available at Wild Birds Unlimited, Novato, California.   I had never been in a Wild Birds Unlimited store before the Novato store opened this past summer.  It is very nice and the people are very knowledgeable.  If you’re interested in attracting and feeding wild birds and there is a Wild Birds Unlimited store near you, then you probably already know how good they are.  But, if you have one nearby and haven’t checked it out, you should.

Poster featuring a lesser goldfinch.
Lesser Goldfinch Poster
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White-crowned Sparrow, Marin County, California

A white-crowned sparrow sits on a branch.
A white-crowned sparrow perches on a lichen-covered oak branch.

I did some more photographing in our garden recently.  In exchange for a little seed, this white-crowned sparrow agreed to pose.  I haven’t seen the jackrabbit who used to run around the garden when I was shooting there a couple of months ago.  I hope he is OK.

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Acorn Woodpecker, Marin County, California

Photo of an acorn woodpecker peering out of its nest cavity.
A male acorn woodpecker looks out of its nest.

This acorn woodpecker and its mate nested in this tree cavity next to my friend Jeff’s garage in Inverness this past spring.  Jeff kept an eye on the nest, but never saw any young.  That’s the way it goes sometimes.

They are colorful birds.  Their habit of storing acorn nuts in the holes they create in trees, fences and anything else made of wood can make them unpopular when they decide to store their nuts in the wood siding of a house.

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My Jackrabbit Friend

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Black-tail Jackrabbit, Marin County, California

A couple of months ago I spent some time photographing birds in our garden.  It didn’t take long before I noticed that a jackrabbit spent a lot of time there.   I had never noticed it before, but when you spend hours in one spot, without moving, you start to see things that you wouldn’t see otherwise.   I think it was a young jackrabbit because it loved to run back and forth across the garden, apparently full of pent-up energy.  I remember acting like that myself on occasion, but that was a long time ago.    My furry friend seemed very healthy.  It had no ticks in its ears as rabbits often do.  I haven’t spent any time in the garden photographing lately.  I hope my little friend is still there.