Sundog

Leucistic sparrow

Unusually pigmented White-Crowned Sparrow

Normally colored flockmate, for comparison

Lakeside birds

Coot

More coots

And another coot

Spotted Sandpiper

My old friend Fuzzy Duck

Snowy Egret

An odd duck that appears to be a Mallard/Muscovy hybrid

Note the traces of a Muscovy-like mask (compare the drake here, likely this duck's father)

Iridescence

Sleepy cormorant

At first glance I wasn't sure this was a bird...

...and not a rock or a chunk of wood

Hello there!

Adorable

Who watches the birdwatchers?

Morning

Neon sky

Scrub Jay awaiting peanuts

Moon and Venus (the tiny pixel at lower left)

Nesting season is over, but bluebirds still use these boxes for shelter

White beauty

Reflection

Funereal Duskywing

Disc snail

Barely the size of my thumbnail.

Mantis

Though it's not visible in this photo, this bug seemed to have three teeny gemlike vestigial eyes in between its main eyes-- a common mantis trait and possibly a holdover from early proto-arthropods.

Silkfloss crow