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Pat Bates

@batesbird.bsky.social
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Environmentalist, biologist, accountant, lover of CA native plants, birds, reptiles, bugs. All-around trouble maker. Native Plants are for the Birds!!

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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
White-Tailed kite with its lunch!
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Downy 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
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Soaking wet Cooper's Hawk - Encino CA #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Angry Bird! Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Immature Neotropic Cormorant - Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Hey let me out of here!!! Audubon's Warbler, San Fernando Valley Audubon Society pre-CBC survey, lanark park #birds #ChristmasBireCount #CBC
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Hey - this tree has berries!!! Western Bluebird. San Fernando Valley Audubon Society CBC pre-count found happy birds in the berry tree. #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Cooper'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
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Low 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
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Cassin's Kingbird at Orcas Park section of Hansen Dam #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Hooded Mergansers at Los Encinos State Historic Park #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Different angle of Cedar Waxwing wolfing a berry! #birds #cedar_waxwing
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
SpaceX launch 2025 12 01 - and why do I worry about what all these things are doing above us? #vandenberg #Falcon9
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Common Raven 8X10 glossy... #birds #raven
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Vermilion Flycatcher (immature male) at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve... #birds #vermilion_flycatcher
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Adult male Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon) #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Happy Thanksgiving! #osprey #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Not so close shot of Vermilion Flycatcher - Hansen Dam Los Angeles CA Area #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Pied-Billed Grebe at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Lake (yes, eventually the Tilapia went down the hatch!) #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Inaugural evening Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve birdwalk @sfvaudubon.bsky.social
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Anna's and Allen's Hummingbirds on a rainy SoCal morning... #birds #hummingbirds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Our 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
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Chaos at the feeder on a rare SoCal rainy day! Scaly-breasted munia! #birds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Female Vermilion Flycatcher #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Gray-Blue Gnatcatcher #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Sea otter enjoys crab and seaweed treat. #sea_otter #elkhorn_slough
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Pretty American Kestrel #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve #kestrel
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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...
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
#otter #elkhorn_slough
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Chestnut-Backed chickadee gets a treat! #birds #Pacific_grove
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Allen'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.
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
#birds #ibis #losangelesriver
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Arizona Mantid attitude. #mantid
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Don't poke the california Towhee! #birds #encino #california
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Dueling Hummiongbirds - Anna's and Allen's Encino CA #birds #hummingbirds
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
NO Kings Sherman Oaks CA #NOKINGS
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 05/10/2025
A painting of a bird beside the text "try that shit again and see what happens"
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Lesser Goldfinch eating Crepe Myrtle seeds...#birds
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is fucking horrifying.
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Mr. & Mrs. California Quail on a wet morning in SoCal. #birds #californiaquail #sfvaudubon #hansendam
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
2 Female Belted Kingfishers #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Red Rock Skimmer #dragonfly #dragonflies #chatsworthCA #nature #photography
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Downy Woodpecker #birds #woodpecker #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 19/09/2025
A painting of a bird beside the text "i'm getting the fuck out of here before anyone notices"
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Blue-eyed Darners make sexy time. #dragonfly #dragonflies #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
2 male Downy Woodpeckers #birds #sepulvedabasinwildlifereserve #woodpeckers
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Pretty 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
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Pete visits the water dish...
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Allen's Hummingbird - Encino CA #bird #hummingbird
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Pat Bates @batesbird.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Y'all ever have a bad hair day? Female Belted Kingfisher. Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. #birds #kingfisher #sepulvedabasin #sfvaudubon
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