Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Downy Woodpecker got a couple shots before being 86'd from the park 😱The City (LA) tried to close the park for Christmas but it was a losing battle.... #birds #sepulvedabasin 0171
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Angry Bird! Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds 0170
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Immature Neotropic Cormorant - Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds 090
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Hey let me out of here!!! Audubon's Warbler, San Fernando Valley Audubon Society pre-CBC survey, lanark park #birds #ChristmasBireCount #CBC 0191
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Hey - this tree has berries!!! Western Bluebird. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society CBC pre-count found happy birds in the berry tree. #birds 0150
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Cooper's Hawk pays a visit on a sunny SoCal morning! The little birds (other than hummingbirds) were not appreciative. Hummingbirds don't seem to care. #birds #raptor #coopers_hawk 0100
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Low light photos of my hummingbird menagerie - they get very lively at dusk. They're not captive but easily 50-100 hanging around. This is a male Anna's. #birds #hummingbirds 0121
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Cassin's Kingbird at Orcas Park section of Hansen Dam #birds 021
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Hooded Mergansers at Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds 080
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Different angle of Cedar Waxwing wolfing a berry! #birds #cedar_waxwing 0100
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 02/12/2025SpaceX launch 2025 12 01 - and why do I worry about what all these things are doing above us? #vandenberg #Falcon9 010
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Vermilion Flycatcher (immature male) at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve... #birds #vermilion_flycatcher 0171
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Not so close shot of Vermilion Flycatcher - Hansen Dam Los Angeles CA Area #birds 0254
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Pied-Billed Grebe at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Lake (yes, eventually the Tilapia went down the hatch!) #birds 0123
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Inaugural evening Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve birdwalk @sfvaudubon.bsky.social 021
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Anna's and Allen's Hummingbirds on a rainy SoCal morning... #birds #hummingbirds 2264
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Our winter visitor Audubon's Warbler - Yellow Rumpted Warbler. They always have a yellow rump - but this one clearly shows the oter 4 locations of yellow. #birds #los_encinos_state_historic_park #encino 0214
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Chaos at the feeder on a rare SoCal rainy day! Scaly-breasted munia! #birds 041
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Female Vermilion Flycatcher #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve 070
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Gray-Blue Gnatcatcher #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve 0332
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Sea otter enjoys crab and seaweed treat. #sea_otter #elkhorn_slough 010
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Pretty American Kestrel #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve #kestrel 0488
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025#brants_cormorants #birds #pacific_grove Cormorants get doused by huge waves from incoming storm...they eventually went somewhere else to dry out... 090
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Chestnut-Backed chickadee gets a treat! #birds #Pacific_grove 070
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Allen's hummingbird in the back yard #birds #allenshummingbird #encino #canon Photo taken near dark, 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 12800 354 mm. That Lightroom denoise sure does its thing! Getting ready for owling and I have not had time to do much low light shots with this setup. 3527
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Don't poke the california Towhee! #birds #encino #california 091
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Dueling Hummiongbirds - Anna's and Allen's Encino CA #birds #hummingbirds 091
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Lesser Goldfinch eating Crepe Myrtle seeds...#birds 0251
Reposted by Pat BatesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2025This is fucking horrifying. 35083462537
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Mr. & Mrs. California Quail on a wet morning in SoCal. #birds #californiaquail #sfvaudubon #hansendam 061
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 25/09/20252 Female Belted Kingfishers #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve 0211
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Red Rock Skimmer #dragonfly #dragonflies #chatsworthCA #nature #photography 040
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Downy Woodpecker #birds #woodpecker #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve 0455
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Blue-eyed Darners make sexy time. #dragonfly #dragonflies #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve 001
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 20/09/20252 male Downy Woodpeckers #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve #woodpeckers 020
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Pretty Anna's Hummingbird on a super hot day in the San Fernando Valley! Interesting discovery - hummingbirds love to sit on little bouncy branches! My volunteer sunflower is a hummingbird jungle jim. #birds 0376
Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Y'all ever have a bad hair day? Female Belted Kingfisher. Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. #birds #kingfisher #sepulvedabasin #sfvaudubon 0112