My Favorite Bird Photos of 2026
These are my favorite photos of 2026. The photos are arranged here in date order. Click the photo to enlarge.
All these and other bird photos are published to my gallery pages. See the latest gallery page.
These photos are © 2026 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
January 2: Great Blue Heron
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January 2: Great Blue Heron
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January 2: Great Blue Heron
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January 4: Black Phoebe
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January 4: Black Phoebe
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January 4: Black Phoebe
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January 4: Black Phoebe
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January 4: Black Phoebe
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January 6: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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January 6: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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January 19: Cackling Goose
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January 19: Cackling Goose
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January 23: Belted Kingfisher (female)
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 28: Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier
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January 28: Golden Eagle
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January 29: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 29: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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February 3: American Kestrel (female)
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February 6: Long-tailed Duck (female)
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February 13: Bewick's Wren
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March 8: Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (male)
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March 15: Hermit Thrush
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March 15: Hermit Thrush
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March 15: Hermit Thrush
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March 15: Hermit Thrush
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March 20: Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (male)
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March 20: Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (male)
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March 20: Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (male)
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March 20: American Robin
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March 20: American Robin
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March 22: Western Gull
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March 26: Oak Titmouse
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March 26: Oak Titmouse
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March 26: Oak Titmouse
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March 28: Cooper's Hawk (female), Cooper's Hawk (male)
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March 28: Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (female)
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March 28: Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (female)
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March 29: Bushtit
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April 8: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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April 8: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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April 8: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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April 9: Western Kingbird
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April 9: Western Kingbird
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April 9: Western Kingbird
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April 11: Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Captive)
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April 11: California Condor (Captive)
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April 11: California Condor (Captive)
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April 15: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 15: Bald Eagle
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April 15: Bald Eagle
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April 15: Bald Eagle
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April 15: Bald Eagle
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April 16: American Goldfinch (male)
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April 20: Cinnamon Teal (female)
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April 22: Black-throated Sparrow
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April 22: Black-throated Sparrow
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April 22: Black-throated Sparrow
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April 22: Black-throated Sparrow
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April 22: Black-throated Sparrow
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April 22: Black-throated Sparrow
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April 22: Rufous Hummingbird (female)
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April 22: Rufous Hummingbird (female)
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April 23: Rock Wren
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April 23: Rock Wren
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April 23: Pied-billed Grebe
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April 23: Pied-billed Grebe
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April 23: Pied-billed Grebe
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April 23: Mountain Bluebird (female)
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April 23: Mountain Bluebird (male)
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April 26: American Crow, Cooper's Hawk
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April 27: Western Bluebird (male)
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April 27: Western Bluebird (male)
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April 27: Western Bluebird (male)
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April 27: Spotted Towhee (female)
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April 27: Spotted Towhee (female)
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April 27: Spotted Towhee (female)
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April 28: Western Kingbird
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April 28: Black Phoebe
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May 1: Black Tern
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May 1: Black Tern
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May 1: Bald Eagle
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May 1: Red-tailed Hawk
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (female), Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (female), Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Black-necked Stilt (male)
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May 1: Western Tanager (male)
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May 1: Western Tanager (male)
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May 1: Western Tanager (male)
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May 4: Wilson's Phalarope (female)
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May 4: Wilson's Phalarope (female)
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May 4: Solitary Sandpiper
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May 4: Solitary Sandpiper
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May 5: MacGillivray's Warbler (male)
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May 5: MacGillivray's Warbler (male)
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May 12: Clark's Grebe
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May 12: Clark's Grebe
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May 13: Forster's Tern
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May 13: Forster's Tern
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May 14: Black-necked Stilt (female)
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May 18: Indigo Bunting (male)
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May 18: Indigo Bunting (male)
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May 18: Indigo Bunting (male)
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May 18: Indigo Bunting (male)
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May 20: Violet-green Swallow (male)
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May 20: Violet-green Swallow (male)
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May 24: Virginia Rail
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May 24: Virginia Rail
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May 24: Black-necked Stilt (female)
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May 24: Black-necked Stilt (female)
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May 24: Black-necked Stilt (female)
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May 24: Black-necked Stilt (female)
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: White-faced Ibis
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May 24: Wilson's Phalarope (male)
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May 24: Western Wood-Pewee
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May 24: Western Wood-Pewee
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May 24: Forster's Tern
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May 24: Forster's Tern
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May 24: Forster's Tern
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May 24: Forster's Tern, Tree Swallow
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May 24: Forster's Tern
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May 26: American Kestrel (female), Band-tailed Pigeon
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May 26: American Kestrel (female), Band-tailed Pigeon
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May 29: Purple Martin (male)
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May 29: Purple Martin (male)
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May 29: Purple Martin (male)
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May 29: Lazuli Bunting (male)
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May 29: Lazuli Bunting (male)
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June 1: Lapland Longspur (male)
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June 1: Snowy Plover
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June 1: Snowy Plover
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June 1: Lapland Longspur (male)
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June 1: Lapland Longspur (male)
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June 1: Lapland Longspur (male)
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