Bunting Partay

I am taking my first ever Flight To Chase A Vagrant tonight.  I fly up to The City in a few hours to catch a ride on Outer Limits to the Farallon Islands.  If all goes as planned, I will stare at a Northern Gannet with my eyes.  Please wish me luck.  Here's what I saw at work today:

This pretty female Lazuli Bunting couldn't escape the clutches of her Indigo Admirer.  The Indigo kept chasing the male Lazuli away from her when he would get too close.  I suspect they might be making some little hybrid bunting babies.

Here's the pushy male.  He is the same one that I poorly photographed a while back.

Esquaredmobile Extravaganza 2012

I am underway on the Owl Extravaganza of 2012.  We are heading east in the Elias-squared-mobile somewhere in Riverside County.  Another hour or two of driving through this godforsaken country will hopefully pay off in the form of a State Bird.  Jim notified me that the full moon tonight is supposed to be the biggest brightest full moon ever seen by mankind (actually, it's just going to be 13% larger than normal).  Needless to say, It will be a fun trip.  I didn't take any photos today, so I'll improvise:

Esquaredmobile.  Fully legit.

This is one of hella Lazuli Buntings I saw yesterday in Hacienda Heights.  Didn't want to waste the photo.

Shining Red Beacon Of Truth

During a very slow yesterday, an Acorn Woodpecker was found on Lighthouse Hill.  I stupidly left my camera at East Landing.  This was something like the 17th record for the Island, making it the official 2PAD Bird Of The Day.  Some Hypernerding took place last night (how embarassing), as well as some Violent Raging.  Also, I took pictures of some birds that are just as common as Acorn Woodpecker over on the mainland.  Still waiting for the Megawave.

Lazuli Bunting, at the Incinerator Patch.  

American Kestrel perched on the jagged banding spear of doom.