Whitaker Ponds

Part two of yesterday, after a call from my cousin to join him and Elvira to try to get the Black Phoebe.  Of course I can't refuse such an offer and I was off to join my fellow birders on the exciting chase of a new bird.  (We didn't see it, but it was still a great trip!)

• American Robins
• Downy Woodpeckers
• Cedar Waxwings
• Canada Geese
• Yellow-Rumped Warblers - in full breeding plumage!
• Mallards
• Green-Winged Teal - male
• Northern Flicker
• American Crows
• Oregon Juncos
• Black-Capped Chickadees
• Red-Winged Blackbird
• Bushtits
• Anna's Hummingbird - call
• Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
• GREAT HORNED OWLS - and owlets! (so ridiculous looking - love them!)
• Spotted Towhee

Great Horned Owl... so very great

By this time no doubt getting annoyed by me

A sequence of events - I watched a pellet fall to the ground...

Owlets - this picture sooo doesn't give it justice...  but you get the idea...