YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!! A Mines of Moria standoff between a mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) aka Gandalf and a Western Pond Turtle (Clemmys marmorata) aka the Balrog in the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge 🪶 #birdphotography #duck #turtle #LOTR #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #DonEdwards #cvvhrn

Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) watches the setting sun in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay, October 2023
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Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay, October 2023
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A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) takes to the sky in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay April 2026 🪶 #heron #greatblueheron #naturephotography #Nikon #Z9 #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #photography #DonEdwards #cvvhrn

A snowy egret (Egretta thula) in the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge SF Bay May 2025 #bird #birds #donedwards #snowyegret #photography #nature #nikon #cvvhrn #NaturePhotograhpy 🪶

Canadian snow goose gosling (Anser caerulescens)catches up to its siblings in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay April 2026 🪶 #snowgoose #gosling #geese #naturephotography #Nikon #Z9 #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #photography #DonEdwards #cvvhrn

turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) overhead in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay April 2026 🪶 #cvvhrn #DonEdwards #TurkeyVulture #Z9 #naturephotography #Nikon #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #photography

So why did the Canadian snow goose gosling (Anser caerulescens) cross teh trail in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay April 2026 🪶 #heron #greatblueheron #naturephotography #Nikon #Z9 #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #photography #DonEdwards #cvvhrn

A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) takes to the sky in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay April 2026 🪶 #heron #greatblueheron #naturephotography #Nikon #Z9 #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #photography #DonEdwards

A snowy egret (Egretta thula) moments after landing in the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge SF Bay May 2025 #bird #birds #donedwards #snowyegret #photography #nature #nikon #NaturePhotograhpy 🪶