Ruddy or not

  

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) resting at the north end of Bodega Harbor, 20 April 2021.

Blue planet

  

 Happy Earth Day!

Side by side

  

A quick shot of a Red Knot (Calidris canutus) on the left and a Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) on the right feeding along the Bodega Harbor shoreline at the end of the day (20 April 2021).

View from above

   

Calochortus tolmiei  — you might see this species called Pussy Ears, Hairy Star Tulip, or Tolmie's Star Tulip.  This one was photographed in Marin County on 17 April 2021.

Viola purples

  

Hooked-spur Violet (Viola adunca), 17 April 2021

Just barely

 

 

Stepped outside and noticed the moon — just barely! — out to the west.  Photographed from Cotati on 13 April 2021.

Searching

  

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), 9 April 2021