Northern shovelers are beautiful in any light, but especially when you catch the right reflection off of their iridescent feathers. The rig...

This is a shot about a shot that I had in my head but was never able to get. After finding this owl in a burrow that was an ideal location f...

By this time of year the burrowing owls should have left Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina to spend the summer months in their breedi...

A few more shots from the nice encounter I had last month with a large flock of American avocets at Radio Road Ponds. Mid-march is right at ...

There's just something about northern shovelers that fascinates me, and it's always a pleasure when I get a chance to photograph...

This is the second half of the courtship and mating ritual of a pair of American avocets that I witnessed at Radio Road Ponds in Redwood Cit...

After dropping my wife off at SFO a few weeks ago, I decided to make a quick stop at Radio Road Ponds to see what birds were around before i...

Three poses of this handsome northern shoveler drake preening. There was plenty of posturing between males when a female would swim by, so ...

As I was sitting along the edge of the pond, a large flock of avocets flew a lap over the water and then headed straight for me. What a ple...

Northern shovelers are one of my favorite duck species, with their pretty coloration and that oversized bill. Radio Road Ponds in Redwood S...

The blackbirds are starting to make a real ruckus, which must mean that spring is just around the corner! These are two shots from an eveni...

American avocets have to be among the most beautiful shorebirds anywhere in the world. They have a really elegant form, and their summer co...

Another shot of a wintering burrowing owl at the Berkeley Marina. One of the great things about these guys is that when they find a burrow ...

A western burrowing owl at the Berkeley Marina. A small colony of these cute little guys spend the winter in Cesar Chavez Park. This one d...

We were looking to stretch our legs a bit last evening, but it was too late to go anywhere interesting in Marin, so we decided to check in o...

Under very heavy fog on a December morning, I had the pleasure of watching a group of avocets feed on the newly exposed mudflats in Bothin M...

Northern shovelers are one of my favorite ducks -- right up there with northern pintails. I think the males have really pretty coloration, ...

Well, its not really a surprise that the western burrowing owls have returned to Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley marina, since they are an...

From a February walk in Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina. This bird seemed particularly nervous about overhead predators, glancing s...

These shots were taken a few weeks back when we went to Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina to check out the wintering burrowing owls. ...