@batesbird.bsky.social
Environmentalist, biologist, accountant, lover of CA native plants, birds, reptiles, bugs. All-around trouble maker. Native Plants are for the Birds!!
Hooded Mergansers at Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds
07.12.2025 21:05 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Different angle of Cedar Waxwing wolfing a berry! #birds #cedar_waxwing
04.12.2025 06:52 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
SpaceX launch 2025 12 01 - and why do I worry about what all these things are doing above us? #vandenberg #Falcon9
02.12.2025 06:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Common Raven 8X10 glossy... #birds #raven
02.12.2025 06:08 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Vermilion Flycatcher (immature male) at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve... #birds #vermilion_flycatcher
01.12.2025 00:15 β π 17 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Adult male Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon) #birds
29.11.2025 04:18 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy Thanksgiving! #osprey #birds
27.11.2025 18:32 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Not so close shot of Vermilion Flycatcher - Hansen Dam Los Angeles CA Area #birds
24.11.2025 01:32 β π 25 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Pied-Billed Grebe at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Lake (yes, eventually the Tilapia went down the hatch!) #birds
24.11.2025 01:30 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Inaugural evening Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve birdwalk @sfvaudubon.bsky.social
21.11.2025 19:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Anna's and Allen's Hummingbirds on a rainy SoCal morning... #birds #hummingbirds
21.11.2025 17:52 β π 27 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0
Our winter visitor Audubon's Warbler - Yellow Rumpted Warbler. They always have a yellow rump - but this one clearly shows the oter 4 locations of yellow. #birds #los_encinos_state_historic_park #encino
17.11.2025 01:18 β π 22 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Chaos at the feeder on a rare SoCal rainy day! Scaly-breasted munia! #birds
16.11.2025 00:22 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Female Vermilion Flycatcher #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
15.11.2025 19:02 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Gray-Blue Gnatcatcher #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
15.11.2025 01:51 β π 36 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Sea otter enjoys crab and seaweed treat. #sea_otter #elkhorn_slough
13.11.2025 23:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pretty American Kestrel #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve #kestrel
13.11.2025 23:31 β π 48 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
#brants_cormorants #birds #pacific_grove Cormorants get doused by huge waves from incoming storm...they eventually went somewhere else to dry out...
13.11.2025 05:39 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#otter #elkhorn_slough
13.11.2025 05:36 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Chestnut-Backed chickadee gets a treat! #birds #Pacific_grove
13.11.2025 05:35 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Allen's hummingbird in the back yard #birds #allenshummingbird #encino #canon Photo taken near dark, 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 12800 354 mm. That Lightroom denoise sure does its thing! Getting ready for owling and I have not had time to do much low light shots with this setup.
09.11.2025 01:34 β π 54 π 8 π¬ 3 π 0I'll drink to that, nice word salad
07.11.2025 20:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wag the Dog now since the election didn't go so well?
07.11.2025 20:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why? Just because Los Angeles defeated the Marines??
07.11.2025 20:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#birds #ibis #losangelesriver
06.11.2025 22:15 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Arizona Mantid attitude. #mantid
05.11.2025 05:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Don't poke the california Towhee! #birds #encino #california
05.11.2025 05:30 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Dueling Hummiongbirds - Anna's and Allen's Encino CA #birds #hummingbirds
04.11.2025 18:31 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
NO Kings Sherman Oaks CA #NOKINGS
19.10.2025 04:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A painting of a bird beside the text "try that shit again and see what happens"
05.10.2025 20:02 β π 418 π 83 π¬ 2 π 2
