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Description: Here’s a gull that I can finally appreciate (and identify, unlike some of our West Coast seagulls). That distinct eyeing makes the Swallow-tailed Gull a stand out in any crowd. Continue Reading →
Description: These birds just aren’t afraid of humans. A long lens helps to get even closer, safely. Location: Galapagos, Ecuador, South America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →
Description: While one red-footed booby comes in with nest making material, can you spot the female in the brush? Location: Galapagos, Ecuador, South America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Continue Reading →
Description: Puffing up his large, red neck pouch, hoping to attract a mate, this frigatebird scans the skies for a likely companion. Location: Galapagos, Ecuador, South America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
Description: The Galapagos are not as warm as you might think. For one thing, they have their own penguins, named Galapagos Penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus). Like the other animals I’ve highlighted this Continue Reading →
Description: It sure looks like a lot of other herons I’ve seen, but I have to admit that Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) is a pretty cool name. It’s not made of Continue Reading →
Description: It’s hard to catch the Swallows at Mono Lake while they take a break, but patience is rewarded. Here a Violet-green Swallow takes a pause before darting away. Location: Mono Continue Reading →
Description: Believe it or not, this Great Egret ‘photo’ is a frame grab from a video. An 8K video to be precise. The extra pixels used by the 8K frame (7680×4320 Continue Reading →
Description: Often simply called ‘bluebirds’ by those not in the know, California Scrub Jays, like the one pictured here, tend to scare all the birds away from the feeder. Then they Continue Reading →
Description: While cormorants are divers for their meals, they don’t have the oils to keep their feathers dry like a penguin. Thus you can find them sunning themselves to dry Continue Reading →
Description: A new bird on my life list and a cool one at that! (more photos below) Beautiful white bird that was over a marsh and then flew out to hunt. Continue Reading →
Title: Owls Have The Best Catch Light In Their Eyes Location: Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: It’s not every day you see one of these Barred Owls hanging Continue Reading →
Title: American White Pelicans Location: Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: They aren’t seen a lot in Washington, but Deer Lagoon seems to be a good attractant for Continue Reading →
Title: Eurasian Eagle Owl Location: Seward Park, Seattle, Washington, USA, North America Description: Today was a good day with the Seward Park Audubon Center and Canon USA for a morning of Continue Reading →
Title: Leucistic Bald Eagle Location: Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: You might remember my previous post about a leucistic bald eagle from a few weeks back. Those Continue Reading →
Title: Spotted Towhee Location: Earth Sanctuary, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Birds will often stand on one leg to conserve heat. Or maybe just to show off. Find me on Continue Reading →
Title: Great Blue Heron Hunting Location: Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Don’t worry, I’m not meaning I am the one hunting a Great Blue Heron, except with my Continue Reading →
You might have noticed an uptick on this site in regard to postings about birds. I’ve not hidden my recent fondness for all things avian because, quite frankly, birds are Continue Reading →
Title: Osprey Mating Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Continued from yesterday’s post as the male (on the right and above) Osprey approaches a female, here you see the two Continue Reading →
Title: Meeting Of The Osprey Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: I love Osprey. And to have two of them interacting like this while watching them through my lens was Continue Reading →
Title: Leucistic Bald Eagle On Whidbey Island Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: This is a new one for me. I have never heard of a Leucistic Bald Eagle until Continue Reading →
Title: Great Horned Owl Chilling In A Tree Location: Mayflower County Park, Blythe, California, USA, North America Description: I almost missed this wonderful owl if not for a visitor from Australia who pointed Continue Reading →
Title: Marsh Wrens Are A Pain To Shoot Location: Edmonds Marina Marsh, Edmonds, Washington, USA, North America Description: This week I spotted my first two Marsh Wrens. New to me, but Continue Reading →
Title: Bald Eagles In The Morning Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: It was a fine, sunny morning and a good chance to catch some birds today. The eagles were Continue Reading →
Title: Bald Eagle Overhead Location: Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: I love eagles, even on gray days. Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II Lens: Sigma 150-600mm Sport ISO: 500 Focal Length: Continue Reading →
Title: Cormorants In The Cold Location: Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: The cold doesn’t seem to phase these birds. I am guessing they their black feathers love the sun Continue Reading →
Title: Soaring Scarlet Macaws Location: Golfito National Wildlife Refuge, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, Central America Description: It’s been a good six weeks since we have returned from our UnCruise Adventure Continue Reading →
Title: White Ibis In Panama Location: Isla Afuera, Veraguas, Panama, Central America Description: It was a trip to Panama this last July that got me hooked on Birding (with a capital B). Continue Reading →
Title: Mangrove Hummingbird On Nest Location: Isla de Coiba, Veraguas, Panama, Central America Description: One of the world’s smallest birds found on Central America’s largest island, Coiba Island, made our guide Jose Continue Reading →
Title: Select Birds; Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve Location: Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Description: It’s remarkable to me that there is an area within LA city Continue Reading →
Title: Great Horned Owl Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: It looks a little sleepy, or stoned, or drunk. I’m banking on sleepy as I found it in the Continue Reading →
Title: Coming In For A Landing Location: Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Sometimes the backlighting hits just right. Find me on eBird if you want more bird Continue Reading →
Title: Is This Too Close? Location: Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, USA, North America Description: There were a hundred of these guys and gals at the Reserve today, but I couldn’t help Continue Reading →
Title: Northern Pintail Location: Freeland, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Found a new bird. Well, not really new, new, but new to me. It’s happening less frequently as when I Continue Reading →
Title: Double Double-Crested Cormorants Location: Langley, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Normally I see these birds a lot darker, but in this light, I love the patterning of their wings. Continue Reading →