Up on the rooftop

As I walked through the parking lot at work yesterday (19 November 2018), I noticed this handsome Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) on the roof of one of the buildings. Palm Warblers spend a lot of time walking on the ground, so it was fun to see this one from a different perspective.

Muted

Wildfire smoke has continued to affect the appearance of landscapes and seascapes in Northern California.  Here's a view of the muted light on the water in Bodega Bay at around 4 p.m. this afternoon (19 November 2018):

 

Sounds like there will finally be some rain on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.

 

Golden eye

 

Partially hidden Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), photographed on 15 November 2018.

 

Late afternoon baths

We haven't spent much time outside lately because of the wildfire smoke and poor air quality, but at times there have been quite a few birds visiting the water bath in our yard.  Here's a sampler (photos taken through the kitchen window on 17 November 2018).  [Click in the images for larger versions.]

 

Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

 

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)

Pointed

 

Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), photographed 15 November 2018.

 

Sand sculpture

 

A rock crab (Romaleon antennarium, formerly Cancer antennarius) buried beneath the sand.  I like the way you can see that it's a crab just by the impressions left at the surface.  It looked a bit like a sand sculpture!

Smoke over the water

Wildfire smoke and filtered light over the ocean: 

 

View from Bodega Head at around noontime on 13 November 2018.