Monique | California Bird Photographer & Tour Guide 🇺🇸

Townsend’s Warbler in cherry blossoms 🌸 moniquedao.com/birding

#TownsendsWarbler bringing Spring vibes 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Black-Throated Blue Warbler. www.moniquedao.com/birding

#BlackThroatedBlueWarbler!! A beautiful new year lifer for me! 🥰🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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This is a reminder to me that our Hummers are pretty too! 😅 Great shot!

Leucistic #CaliforniaTowhee | www.moniquedao.com/birding #birdguide #tourguide #natureguide #photographyworkshop #birdphotography #birding #birds #birder #birdwatching #californiabirds #letsgobirding

Leucistic #CaliforniaTowhee! Although Towhees are pretty common around here, I have never seen a leucistic one until yesterday! 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Blue Grosbeak on a branch | www.moniquedao.com/birding

Feelin’ blue 💙 #BlueGrosbeak 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Super rare and beautiful #Dickcissel in SoCal for the Fall 🥹🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

Super rare and beautiful #Dickcissel in SoCal for the Fall 🥹🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Cute little Bushtit on aloe | www.moniquedao.com/birding

Cute little #Bushtit on aloe 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Dark-Eyed Junco | www.moniquedao.com/birding

The Forager #DarkEyedJunco 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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😂 It’s the only way

Lawrence’s Goldfinch in Orange County. www.moniquedao.com/birding

🎶 Black and yellow, black and yellow 🎶 #LawrencesGoldfinch 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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All hail the tiny King. 👑 #RubyCrownedKinglet 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

All hail the tiny King. 👑 #RubyCrownedKinglet 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Thank you so much! 😊

Barred Owl yawning. www.moniquedao.com/birding

Monday mood 🥱 #BarredOwl 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Huntington Beach! 😃

Thank you so much! 😊

So fluffy!!

Lazuli Bunting | www.moniquedao.com/birding

I've got the blues... 🎶🩵 #LazuliBunting 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Hello September! Here’s a Yellow-billed Magpie I got on a North CA trip last year. Fall vibes!

Hello September! Here’s a Yellow-billed Magpie I got on a North CA trip last year. Fall vibes! 🍂🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Osprey fishing

Splashing through the pond… #Osprey 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Haha right!? He’s not backing down. Thank you for reposting!

White-tailed Kite & Red-tailed Hawk battling it out in the sky.

White-tailed Kite vs Red-tailed Hawk 💥 moniquedao.com/birding

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American Avocets mating. www.moniquedao.com/birding

When you’re ready to go but he’s not… 🤭🪶🌿📷 #AmericanAvocet moniquedao.com/birding

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They sure are! 😊 Thank you!

Thank you so much! 😊

Birds with pretty flower backgrounds

When you try to catch pretty birds on pretty flowers but all you get are naked branches, ugly objects & flowers in the background. 😅🪶🌿📷 moniquedao.com/birding

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Caught a precious moment of the Vermilion Flycatcher feeding his baby.

Caught a precious moment of the #VermilionFlycatcher feeding his wittle baby. 🥰🪶🌿📷

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Thank you so much! ☺️

Ahhh!! Thank you! ☺️

This beautiful #BlackburnianWarbler was a lifer for me this year! 🥰 Usually found in northeastern US, he made his way down to SoCal few months ago. 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

This beautiful #BlackburnianWarbler was a lifer for me this year! 🥰 Usually found in northeastern US, he made his way down to SoCal few months ago. 🪶📷🌿 moniquedao.com/birding

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Mandarin Duck

A closeup of the ever so stunning #MandarinDuck 🦆🪶📷🌿

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