Allen’s Hummingbird sips nectar from Mexican Bush Sage, while hovering in midair, wings so fast they are but a blur.
It is like witnessing magic.
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California Quail watches for trouble while a dozen family members forage nearby.

Crown? Crest? Doodad? Apostrophe? Fascinator? Dealy-bob? Whatever you call it, his is magnificent.
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Breeze transforms White-crowned Sparrow into a stylish fluff ball.
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Western Red-tailed Hawk on patrol.
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Nuttall’s Woodpecker works a tree in the center of the park.
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Common Raven shrieks at Red-Shouldered Hawk, who looks back at his pursuer in alarm during aerial combat high over Forest Lawn cemetery.
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House Finch belts out some tunes over the river.
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California Thrasher perfectly imitates many other birds, with a massive repertoire that dwarfs the Mockingbird’s, and volume enough to fill a desert canyon with song.
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Swanky Red-whiskered Bulbul surveys the world from an overhead cable, calling “pleased-to-meet-you” to bulbuls near and far.
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Surprisingly colorful Brown Pelican is hardly brown all.
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Acorn Woodpecker admires her work.
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A pensive Black-necked Stilt in the Los Angeles River.
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A pretty Mourning Dove.
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Western Bluebird thrives in a forgotten scrap of land between freeway and river.
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Oak Titmouse is an avian Napoleon - tiny, but bossy with a loud voice that carries far.
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Red-tailed Hawk pas de deux high above Griffith Park.
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Red-shouldered Hawk checks out a suburban garden, seems baffled.
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Black-crowned Night Heron perches deep inside a high tree in an islet on the Los Angeles River.
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Nuttall’s Woodpecker in the act of pecking wood, a speck of tree still in its beak.
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Violet-green Swallow on an overcast day down by the river.
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