December around Taos and Two Peaks.

 Buck in Des Montes.

 Pinyon jays.

 Pinyon jay.

 Yaks in the neighborhood!

Winter in Taos

 Ferruginous hawk looking for a meal.

 The hardy Horned lark.

 Nov. 28 sunrise.

Veiled peaks seen from the shack.

Gallinas Wetlands, Marin Co., California, November.

 Western Sandpipers?

 Peeps! Thousands of them in wheeling clouds.

 Avocets,

 Western Grebe.

Ruddy duck.

Land's End, Black Oystercatchers, Pelicans.

 Black Oystercatchers, one of my favorites and the only ones I saw.

 Brown Pelicans and Cormorants on Seal Rocks.

Land's End.

Land's End, Seal Rocks, San Francisco.

 Red-tailed Hawk at the window, Gallinas Cr.

 Monterey Cypress at Land's End.

 Seal Rocks and Cypress.

 Seal Rocks.

Land's End.

Various birds, Gallinas Creek watershed.

 Green-winged Teal.

 Northern Shoveler.

 California Quail.

 White-crowned Sparrow.

Bushtit.

Great Egret, Black-necked Stilts, Greater Yellowlegs, on Gallinas Creek.

 Great Egret.

 Black-necked Stilts.

 Greater Yellowlegs.

Marin Headlands, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Bolinas Lagoon

 Marin Headlands.

 Muir Beach.

 Muir Beach sign.

 Stinson Beach view.

 Marbled Godwits at Stinson Beach.

Bolinas Lagoon.

Hike up Mt. Tam

 Mt.Tamalpais from Gallinas Creek, San Venetia.

 Mt. Tam gully.

 Approach from the south.

View of San Francisco from near the top.

Marin County, November

 Acorn woodpeckers in Inverness.

 ACPWs at Las Gallinas Creek.

 Great Egret roosting in eucalyptus.

 Pickleweed.

China Camp marsh.

Limantour Spit, Pt. Reyes, November

 Heermann's Gulls.

 Surf Scoters.

 "Skunkheads".

Greater Scaup, Tamales Bay.