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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 · 29/12/2025

What the actual fuck is he babbling about? And why?

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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

Wow. Hard to even know how to respond to this. I guess transgender for all could be an issue. Maybe penises (penii) could be donated? like a penis bank 2nd hand (?) store. Trade ya 1 slightly used penis for a couple hefty boobs?

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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

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.