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Super rare bird!

distinct tail feather and rufous color all the way up to the head

Purple 6/H

A California towhee hopping along the ground.

Found the topknot on the trail

Both parents were busy feeding their juvenile young.

This hawk seems like its missing its tail??

Male inflated himself as part of courtship behavior. This one, however, did not hover above a female.

they're coots i saw them

Stigler Nature Conservancy

I banded this female last year as a nestling! So proud to see her return to where she was hatched, this time with a male.

Perching on nest box.

Too dark for pictures sadly, but flew right by me and seen through binoculars. PEENT!

Many many many flying between trees

A pair of wrens were working on a nest somewhere in our eaves, often carrying bundles of moss nearly as big as themselves.

Fairly intense displays by two males courting two females. At several points the females invited mounting but the males seemed clueless.