A black-crowned night heron passing by on its way to the pond ✔️

A willet gliding to a landing spot ✔️ ✔︎

A female belted kingfisher is carrying a catch to a perch

Snowy Egrets huddling to stay protected from the wind

A male red-winged blackbird is eyeing me at the local pond

A Great Blue Heron hunting for a snack ✔️

A Green Egret approaching a landing spot ✔️

A Great Blue Heron catching only a leaf, not the fish it had hoped for. ✔️

A black-necked stilt picking for some shrimp ✔️

A mute swan preening at the local pond ✔️

A Black Phoebe on a perch looking for a snack ✔️

A snowy egret on the hunt

A juvenile chipmunk munching while eyeing me...

A Yellowlegs on its final approach before landing ✔️

A Green Heron (Least Bittern) on its way to another perch at the local pond ✔️

A great egret cruising by me ✔️

A snowy egret with its catch... ✔️

A Snowy Egret with a shrimp ✔️

A female Anna's Hummingbird going in for a sip ✔️

A Lesser Scaup paddling at the inlet ✔️ ✔︎

A female belted kingfisher in a dive ✔️

A Greater Yellowlegs scanning its environment from its perch ✔️

A black-crowned night heron with its catch at the local ponds. ✔️

Night herons stand still at the water's edge and wait to ambush prey. This fellow stood there for about 10 minutes testing my patience. Eventually, both of us got rewarded.

A Northern Harrier gliding over its territory ✔️

An American Robin looking for food on the grounds at the local lake ✔️

A juvenile black-crowned night heron is searching for its next bite. ✔️

A black-necked stilt flying at the inlet ✔️

A golden-crowned sparrow in winter plumage checking me out while foraging... ✔️

A Forster's Tern is hunting at the local pond

A male Caspian Tern handing off a fish to his female. ✔️

Yes, this is the time of the year when they mate and bringing fish to his chosen one is part of the ritual.

2 Canada Geese are leaving the local pond in the morning ✔️

A perched sparrow is overlooking the local marsh ✔️

A male Brown Pelican landing at the local inlet ✔️

A female mallard flying by my locarion at the pond... ✔️

A Black Phoebe ready to eat... ✔️

A white-crowned sparrow perched at the local state park ✔️ ✔︎

A Caspian Tern is banking to get ready for the next fishing attempt

A Caspian Tern carrying a fish back as a gift to his mate. ✔️

A Clarke's Grebe at the local inlet. ✔️

This black-and-white grebe is a bird of Western lakes and coastlines. We only see them at the Pacific Coast during the winter, since they typically breed and then spend the summer in freshwater inland lakes away from the coast.

A black phoebe perched at the inlet ✔️

A Forster's Tern ascending from the pond after an unsuccessful fishing attempt

A Canada Goose letting me know that it's flying by me. ✔️

A Greater Yellowlegs coming in for a landing ✔️

A male brown pelican in full breeding plumage (the bright red underside of his face and beak) is banking at the inlet ✔️

A white-tailed kits scanning for prey at the Pickleweed Inlet

A Caspian Tern's fishing effort is in vain... ✔️

An angry grackle chasing away a juvenile osprey that got too close to the grackle's nest

A Caspian Tern in breeding plumage fishing in San Francisco's Crissy Field Marsh. ✔️

It's breeding time, so a colony is currently on a sandbank in the marsh just a few feet from the ocean, with males fishing in both freshwater and salt water and then bringing their catch to their females.

A female Anna's Hummingbird going in for a sip. ✔️