I capture most of my hummingbird images in SF Bay area on the peninsula but I also have some favorite spots when we visit Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Here are my favorite 13 hummingbird pictures I took in California this past year: - 8 Allen's and 5 Anna's The calendar pricing is: - $43 for the medium 8.25x11.5 - $48 for the large 11.5x14.5 My vendor cost is $20 and $28 for the two sizes since I don't order in large bulk. The quality of paper of these calendars is much bet

Hummingbirds are still my first love and I never get tired capturing them. As always, it was so hard to choose but these are my favorite 13 hummingbird pictures I took in the SF Bay Area this past year: - 5 Male Anna's - 2 Female Anna's - 4 Male Allen's - 1 Black-chinned The calendar pricing is: - $43 for the medium 8.25x11.5 - $48 for the large 11.5x14.5 My vendor cost is $20 and $28 for the two sizes since I don't order in large bulk. The quality of paper of these calendars

It was another great year spending time with the Owls. I have led 133 owl tours since my first owl tour on April 30, 2024. Most of these pictures were taken on my 73 evening owl tours led in the past 12 months. It was so hard to choose but these are my favorite 13 owl pictures for the past year: - 6 Great Horned Owls - 4 Western Screech Owls - 3 Burrowing Owls - 1 Barn Owl The calendar pricing is: - $43 for the medium 8.25x11.5 - $48 for the large 11.5x14.5 My vendor cost is

It is 2026 calendar season already! I've gone through all my bird pictures for the past year and have selected my favorite 13 for my bird calendar: - 5 hummingbirds - 4 owls - 4 regular birds (juvenile green heron, hooded oriole, cooper's hawk, nuttall's woodpecker) The calendar pricing is: - $43 for the medium 8.25x11.5 - $48 for the large 11.5x14.5    My vendor cost is $20 and $28 for the two sizes since I don't order in large bulk. The quality of paper of these calendars i

The first of a series of 3 bird walks led by me and sponsored by the City of Menlo Park. It was a great birding morning with a group of 10 wonderful bird loving people and lots of wildlife action and great weather. Snowy Egret - black beak and yellow feet or "golden slippers" Northern Shoveler - head can appear both purple and green because its iridescent feathers shift color dramatically with the light, looking deep green in some angles and a glossy purple or even black in o

Private tour with Christine, Terrigal and son. We saw Norma, the Barn Owl, a burrowing owl and the Redwood City Western Screech Owl.

Private tour with Erica, Justin and family. We saw Norma, the Barn Owl, a burrowing owl and the Redwood City Western Screech Owl. One of the young ladies told me that I need to take the pic using the wide angle .5 on my iphone for a dramatic effect and she was right!! Another wide angle .5 iphone shot!

Fun Public Group tour with some wonderful people Tatjana, Krish and Chloe and daughter. We saw Norma the barn owl, a northern harrier, burrowing owl and western screech owl.

Private tour with Julie and sister in law Kathy. Like the previous tour on November 10th, We saw Norma, the female barn owl, two burrowing owls and the RWC Western Screech Owl, who stopped by a nearby tree before taking off. Wonderful review written by Julie on nextdoor

Private tour with a lovely couple, Alan and Rica. We saw Norma, the female barn owl, two burrowing owls and the RWC Western Screech Owl, who stopped by a nearby tree before taking off. Wonderful review by Alan on nextdoor.

Public Group tour with Sherry, Dharshan and Avnai and Jane. We saw Norma the Barn Owl and the Burrowing Owl and we went to the Western Screech Owl but it did not come out of the tree hole, most likely due to the loud music from the party next door, so we left but on the way back home, I found out that it ended up coming out a few minutes after we left!!

Sharon and Ismail had taken one of my owl tours and they wanted to bring some friends, Eileen and Paul on a private bird walk. It was not as active as I would have liked but we saw Western Meadowlarks, Black-necked Stilts, Pelicans in formation, Snowy White Egrets, Norther Harriers, Cormorants, White-tailed Kites and a Red-shoulder Hawk.

Enjoyed a wonderful evening with a lovely couple, Donna and Juan for a private owl tour. This evening marked the return of the burrowing owl. Norma the barn owl disappeared overnight after I had just seen her on the previous evening's tour so I had to replace her with the barn owl. We also saw the "Grey Ghost" male and the dark brown female Northern Harriers hunting. Along with a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk and a White-crowned Sparrow.

Private Owl tour with Stacy and her sister Hilary and her husband Jeff and daughter Lily. We saw a barn owl and two western screech owls at two different locations.

Frances requested a private walking bird tour for her and her out of town friend Anne. It was a lovely morning and we saw a female Northern Harrier, White Pelicans, White-tailed Hawks, a White-crowned Sparrow, a Jack Rabbit and Anna's Hummingbirds eating a lot of bugs!

Sharon, Ismael and Stefan

Fun morning with Sydney, Jane, Claire and Bill. The highlights of the tour were the Male American Kestrel and the Female Northern Harriers!

Fun night with Joany, Jeannette, Barbara, Relly and Matteo. We saw the barn owl and western screech owl and back to the barn owl to watch it take off. I could not find any owl pics for this evening. Either I did not take any or I accidentally deleted them, not sure.

Enjoyable evening with Tina, Steve, Sandra and Joan. No Great Horned Owl but we were able to see the barn owl and western screech owl.

Private tour with Eleni and her son. We saw Norma the barn owl and the Western Screech Owl. No GHO on this evening.