Welcome to Birds Up Close.
Sometimes I’m close enough to take a portrait photo.
And sometimes a branch (or other object) blocks part of the bird. So I save a close up.
All these photos show views of birds that few people see. Enjoy!
Note: Some of these photos appeared in blog posts. Links to those blogs appear under their photos.

American Avocet

California Towhee
See: Connection With Life

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Pigeon
See: Rock Pigeon Movie

California Towhee
See: Good Bird

Elegant Trogon Male
See: How to Find an Elegant Trogon

Pyrrhuloxia, Male

Pyrrhuloxia, Female

Northern Cardinal, Female

Egyptian Goose, Male
See: Meet Father Goose

Egyptian Goose, Juvenile
See: Feathers Make the Goose

Pine Siskin

Lazuli Bunting, Male

Mexican Jay

California Scrub-Jay
See: This Really Made the Birds Mad

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
See: This Really Made the Birds Mad

Snowy Egret

Great Egret

Great Egret

Band-tailed Pigeon
See: Instead of Regulations

Pelagic Cormorant

Brandt’s Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant, Juvenile

Double-crested Cormorant, Adult in Breeding Plumage
See: Gular Fluttering Is for the Birds

Common Raven

California Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

Allen’s Hummingbird, Male
See: Uncommon Hummingbird Photos

Hooded Oriole, Male
See: Are Birds Happy?

California Quail, Male

Gambel’s Quail, Male
See: Life Lesson from a Quail

White-headed Woodpecker, Male
See: Endangered Birds
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