Lassen Volcanic National Park - Bald Eagle

Lassen Volcanic National Park is a great place to look for birds!

When you walk down the trail and the first bird you see is a Bald Eagle, you know you're going to have a good birding day!

In case you're wondering, this was what he was looking down at... 

Manzanita Creek

Cormorant Sighting

We always see some kind of bird hanging around at Ed's Pond on the way to the Llano Seco Unit of the North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area. This time a cormorant was posing for his photo op!

Did you know the inside of a cormorant's mouth is blue? You'll see what I'm talking about in a second...

 Wow! I had no idea! You learn something new every day.

Weeds and Wings

These photos are from our visit to the Packer Unit of the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge:

Female Brown-headed Cowbird

Male Brown-headed Cowbird

Western Kingbird

Lesser Goldfinch

We didn't see any!

I love seeing these beautiful purple blooms, but I wouldn't want to get tangled up in the rest of the plant!

Songbird Heaven

We ventured out to the Pine Creek Unit of the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge and it was lovely! The sound of songbirds singing their cheery songs high up in the trees was simply magical.

There are lots of trails, but you don't have to walk far to see birds. These birds were hanging out in the parking area...

Black Phoebe

Western Kingbird

American Robin

California Towhee

One bird's song stood out among the others and we took some video so we could identify the bird later at home. Turns out it's a Black-headed Grosbeak! This bird was never even on my radar and I was so excited to get to add a new bird to my Big Year and lifelist.

Cedar Waxwings

Western Kingbird

Black Phoebe

House Wren

Oasis in the Valley Part 3

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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