Mallard Duck sheparding her two ducklings through the shallows of Talbert Lake
Pied-billed Grebe with a fish.
Juvenile Black-crowned Night-heron
The night-heron is sitting at the water's edge of Talbert lake
Great Egret feeding it's chick.
To exchange food, the chick grasps the parent's bill in its own. With large chicks like this one, the chicks seem to insist on a tug of war when the parent tries to withdraw.
Great Egret feeding its chick.
Great Egret feeding its chick
Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk Perching on a branch.
Immature American Coot foraging by Lake Huntington.
Downy Woodpecker still wet from the mornining dew.
Black Phoebe
The Phoebe was perched on a short stump sticking out of the water Talbert Lake.
Female Bushtit foraging amongst low bushes.
House Wren sqawking from a low branch.
House Wren that was chiding me from a low branch.
American Robin foraging on the ground below an Eucalyptus Tree.
Female Western Bluebird
Male Common Yellowthroat perching in the California Bulrushes on the edges of Talbert Lake
Orange-crowned Warbler with a fledged chick perching in an Eucalyptus Tree
Yellow Warbler feeding a pair of Brown-headed Cowbird Chicks
This was a very busy warbler, it was feeding three cowbird chicks, with no sign of any warbler chicks.
The Yellow Warbler on the ground with one of the three Brown-headed Cowbird chicks. This shot clearly shows the disparaty in size.
A Black Phoebe that appeared to be buzzing a Brown-headed Cowbird Chick. The chick didn't react so the phoebe may have simply been chasing an insect.
Damp Song Sparrow fluffing its feathers to dry.
Juvenile Hooded Oriole perching in the branches of an Eucalyptus tree.
Male Red-Winged Blackbird with dirty feet.
This guy appears to have been playing in the mud at his previous stop.
Male Red-winged Blackbird foraging in the drying Talbert Lake lakebed
Immature male Red-winged black bird.
A male House Finch foraging on the lawn.
A female House Finch(?) foraging on the lawn.
This bird was with a small flock of House Finches but has an unusual yellow patch and head shape for a house finch.
Female Lesser Goldfinch foraging on the lawn.
This native seed-eater is probably impacted in the park by competition for food by the Scaly-breasted Munia and Northern Red Bishops.
Lesser Goldfinch male foraging for seeds amongst low bushes
Pair of Scaly-breasted Munia perching in California Bulrushes along the shoreline of Talbert Lake
The brown bird is a juvenile, a first year bird. The Scaly breast will grow in by next year.
Pair of Scaly-breasted Munia adults perching in California Bulrushes along the shoreline of Talbert Lake
A flock of Scaly-breasted munia foraging for grass seeds in the drying bed of Talbert Lake
Flock of Scaly-breasted Munia taking off.
This flock of birds kept moving between the bushes along the side of drying lake bed and the grasses in the lake bed. They would fly down into the grass a few at a time. Then something would spook them and the whole flock would fly back to the bushes.
Male Pin-tailed Whydah foraging on the lawn.
The long tail is part of the breeding plumage of the males of this species. Pin-tail Whydahs are nest parasites of other estrildid finches. In this park they probably of parasitizing the Scaly-breasted Munia and North Red Bishops. All three are introduced species.
Raccoon
The Raccoon had just wading through the shallow water of this portion of Talbert Lake to a fallen Willow Tree.
Racoon swimmng across one of the Talbert Lake inlets.
Fox Squirrels playing
These two immature Fox Squirrels were busy chasing each other around the tree.
Fox Squirrel eyeing me suspiciously
California Ground Squirrel on alert by the entrance to its burrow.
Small Red-eared Slider basking on a floating log.
These staples of the pet trade are now ubiquitous in the local freshwater ponds.
Cabbage White Butterfly on a flower in the Sibly Nature Center
Funereal Duskywing Butterfly on a fly in the Sibly Nature Center
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly feeding from a flower in the Sibly Nature Center.
Female Neon Skimmer Dragonfly perching on a twig.
Eucalyptus tree flowers in August.
