Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake State Wildlife Preserve",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Acorn Woodpecker ~ Leucistic (© Nick Viani) Grizzly Peak Winery",
"Northern Flicker (© Nick Viani) Paradise Park, Backyard Birds",
"Northern Flicker (© Nick Viani) Paradise Park, Backyard Birds",
"Lesser Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch, Paradise Lane",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Sooney Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #25 Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #23 Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani ) #24 Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Hairy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Hairy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #27 Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #28 Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Snow Goose (© Nick Viani) BCCS: Mingus Pond, Transact B. Note: Single bird flew into the pond in formation with a dozen Canada Geese.",
"Green-winged Teal (© Nick Viani) BCCS: Mingus Pond, Transact B.",
"Mallard (© Nick Viani) BCCS: Bear Creek, Transact B.",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds. This male stopped momentarily on our fig tree.",
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"Our Truck on the Auto Tour (© Sooney Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"White-fronted Geese, Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Jack Rabbit (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"White-fronted Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, Colusa, CA",
"Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA - Lassen Volcano in the distance",
"Snow Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Ross's Goose (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Northern Shoveler (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Black-necked Stilt (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"White-faced Goose (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Northern Pintail - female (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Northern Pintail - male (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"White-faced Goose (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Snow Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Geese, Ross's Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Goose, Dark-morph (blue) Snow Geese, Ross's Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Geese, Dark-morph (blue) Snow Goose, Ross's Goose (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Geese, Dark-morph (blue) Snow Goose, Ross's Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Geese, Dark-morph (blue) Snow Geese, Ross's Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Snow Geese, Dark-morph (blue) Snow Goose, Ross's Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Snowy Egret",
"Red-shouldered Hawk - immature "elegans" variant (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge",
"Pied-billed Grebe (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Eurasian Wigeon (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great-horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"The Auto Tour (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Marsh Wren (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Nuttall's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge State Wildlife Refuge, CA",
"Nuttall's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge State Wildlife Refuge, CA",
"Nuttall's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge State Wildlife Refuge, CA",
"Nuttall's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Colusa Landing RV Park, CA",
"Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge State Wildlife Refuge, CA",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon (© Nick Viani) Colusa Landing RV Park, CA",
"European Starling (© Nick Viani) Colusa Landing RV Park, CA",
"American Kestral (© Nick Viani) West Butte Road en-route to Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) West Butte Road en-route to Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Bushtit having a bad feather day (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Pond Floral (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Bewick's Wren (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Greater Yellowlegs (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"California Quail (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"American Coot (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Pond Flora (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Red-eared Slider (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"Sandhill Cranes (© Nick Viani) Colusa Landing, Colusa, CA",
"Northern Pintail - male (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great Blue Heron, Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Unidentified Heron (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Herons (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"From the Auto Tour (© Sooney Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Rudy Duck (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Rudy Duck (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Otter (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"White-fronted Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, Colusa, CA",
"Black-necked Stilts (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",
"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",
"Say's Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Maxwell Cemetery, CA",
"Lesser Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) Delevan NWR, CA",
"Belted Kingfisher (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"American Coot (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Gadwall (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Snow Goose (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Cinnamon Teal (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Cinnamon Teal (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Cinnamon Teal (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA",
"Canvasback - female (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Along the Auto Tour (© Sooney Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Black-crowned Night Heron (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Black-crowned Night Heron (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA",
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A - Note the varied length of the tail feathers observable in the ventral view only.",
"Acorn Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Bewick's Wren (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Bushtit (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Lesser Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Red-breasted Sapsucker (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",
"Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A",