California Birds and Wildlife

Great Egret Quiet Elegance (857)

In a quiet moment of calm, this lovely egret gave a serene moment of pause. Quiet in the moment and unconcerned with the activity around. Its focus calm and quiet.....not hurried. Photographed in Santee, California Feb. 2021. www.shootingnomadsphotography.com ILCE-7RM4 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS 600mm, ƒ/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 100

House Finch

Inquisitive little house finch coming in to get a closer look at the camera. Photographed at the backyard feeders at our home in Moorpark, California.

California Thrasher

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Finch Fight

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Brown Headed Cowbird

Brown Headed Cowbird-Moorpark-California-April-2016. This bird originally was found in prairies, and now is widespread from farmland to forest edges and suburbs

Bush Tit

Greetings from the Shooting Nomads. Sharing with you a photo of a bushtit. This little bird flew in with a small group of birds. They flitter around with great speed and seldom rest for a photographer to catch a nice photo. This one paused just long enough to get a glance at the camera. Photographed in Moorpark, California.

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove of Moorpark, California 2015

White Crowned Sparrow

California Wildlife-Baby Opossum

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Great Blue Heron-Self Reflection

Beautiful Great Blue Heron at the Goleta Devereaux Slough area in Southern California. web www.shootingnomads.comGreat Blue Heron on calm, reflective blue waters. Southern California www.nagiphotography.com

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron-Goleta Beach Park-Goleta, California-November-2016

Doing The Egret Strut

Snowy Egret-Goleta Beach Park-Goleta, California-November-2016. This Snowy Egrets was very aggressive and threatening to others who where treading into his perceived territory. He was actually pretty comical to watch as he was always on the alert to shoo incoming intruders away!

Long Billed Curlew

Long Billed Curlew at Goleta Beach Park. Ventura county - Southern California.

California Quail

California Quail-Moorpark-California-April-2016.

Redwinged Blackbird

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Stealth Hunter-Coopers Hawk

Cooper's Hawk sending a cold chill of fear into all little birds and critters near and far in my backyard. Moorpark-California-August-2015.

Stealth Hunter-Coopers Hawk-Back View

Coopers Hawk on the hunt in Moorpark, California. August-2015. See second photo for front view of the same hawk.

Ospry In Flight

Ospry in flight-Balboa Lake-California-November-2017.

Verdin

Verdin at Joshua Tree National Park-Barker Dam-January-2018.

American Avocet

American Avocet-winter plumage-San Joquin Marsh-Orange County-California-January-2018. www.shootingnomads.com

Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl-California-January-2018. This adorable little owl was spotted by farmlands in the Salton Sea area of California. When I came upon him there was a roadrunner standing just next to the owl. The roadrunner quickly left upon my arrival. Hmmmmm.....had the owls life been in jeopardy? The little owl stood its ground and did not falter by my presence or the roadrunners presence.