This pretty little duck is a female Common Goldeneye, photographed in San Diego recently. They are fairly rare in this area, but can be seen occasionally in the winter. She looks very different from the male, but is pretty in her own way. 2/3/23 www.sparhawkphotography.com
This shows a male Acorn Woodpecker tending his acorn tree, his food storage system. It was a very large tree that has clearly been used for some time, likely by several woodpeckers. This tree was at the Oak Glen Old Schoolhouse park in Oak Glen, CA. 2/2/23 www.sparhawkphotography.com
I spent a few days down in San Diego, visiting with my son and, briefly, with my daughter and family, down from Canada. So of course I did some birding along the way, and among other birds, got this Little Blue Heron, stalking his lunch in the San Diego River channel. 2/1/23 www.sparhawkphotography.com
