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Photo Set

OSMP Wendy Marie Stuart Photography

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Blue Sunset - Great Blue Heron along Boulder Creek

American Avocet searches for food at Sawhill Ponds.

Bookends - horses on agricultural property adjacent to Sawhill Ponds.

Ancient Companions - Mallard duck and two turtles at Sawhill Ponds

Contentment - a mourning dove preens.

Three's a Crowd - painted turtles at Sawhill Ponds

Reflection of Elegance - snowy egret at Sawhill Ponds

Flicker's Autumn - a Northern Flicker at Sawhill Ponds

Beautiful Prickly poppy close up,

Goldfinch Snack - A female American Goldfinch chews on a Salsify seed

Bountiful Harvest - Adult male American Goldfinch backlit eats thistle seeds.

Wendy Marie Stuart PhotographyA house wren sits outside a small hole in the knot of a dead tree, presumably its cavity nest.

Reflections in Ice - American Dipper stands on an ice in Boulder Creek.

Eastern Kingbird sits on her nest with three chicks.

Morning Munchies - A cottontail rabbit nibbles some grass.

Best Foot Forward - young great horned owl shows off its talons at Sawhill Ponds.

Three baby great horned owls at Sawhill Ponds.

Out on a Limb - Adult Great Horned Owl sits alone on a dead branch at Sawhill Ponds.

A red-tailed hawk takes off from bare winter tree branches at Sawhill Ponds.

Seeds of Hope - Showy Milkweed seeds breaking out of the pods.

Wilson's Snipe sits at the edge of a pond at Sawhill.

Spring Blossoms - Two Painted Lady butterflies nectar on wild plum flowers.

Symphony - water plants at Sawhill Ponds.

Finishing Touches - Red-winged Blackbird with nesting material in her beak.

Water Wings - White Pelican at Sawhill Ponds.

Yellow-headed Blackbird at Sawhll Ponds.

Shades of Autumn - sunset at Sawhill Ponds.

Back At Ya! - Tree Swallow at Sawhill Ponds.

Little One's Big Yawn - baby great horned owl at Sawhill Ponds.