Violet-green Swallow at Mono Lake
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 →
Tag: birding
Great Egret Looking Great
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 →
California Scrub Jays Can Be Bullies
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 →
Double-crested Cormorant
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 →
White-Tailed Kite – Photo Of The Day
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Owls Have The Best Catch Light In Their Eyes
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 →
Photo Of The Day – American White Pelicans
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Eurasian Eagle Owl
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Leucistic Bald Eagle
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Spotted Towhee
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Great Blue Heron Hunting
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 →
Audubon Bird Songs On Your Amazon Echo/Alexa
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Osprey Mating
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Meeting Of The Osprey
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Leucistic Bald Eagle On Whidbey Island
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Great Horned Owl Chilling In A Tree
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Marsh Wrens Are A Pain To Shoot
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Bald Eagles In The Morning
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Bald Eagle Overhead
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Cormorants In The Cold
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Soaring Scarlet Macaws
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 →
Photo Of The Day – White Ibis In Panama
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Mangrove Hummingbird On Nest
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Select Birds; Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Great Horned Owl
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Coming In For A Landing
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Is This Too Close?
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Northern Pintail
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Double Double-Crested Cormorants
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 →
Photo Of The Day – Short-Billed Dowicher
Title: Short-Billed Dowicher Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: Just another bird. I’m up to 79 on my life list with a lot of travel photos to sort through. Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Canada Goose
Title: Canada Goose Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: All this time I called them Canadian Geese. It turns out, this one is called a Canada Goose. Find me Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Hungry Heron
Title: Hungry Heron Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Description: It was morning and the herons, numbering at least 9, were hunting for breakfast at Deer Lagoon on Whidbey Island. Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Birds Of Pepperdine University
Title: Birds Of Pepperdine University Location: Pepperdine University Ponds, Malibu, California, USA, North America Description: Near the middle of the day, when they say the birding and photography sucks, I decided to Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Snowy Egret
Title: Snowy Egret Location: Malibu Lagoon, Malibu, California, USA, North America Description: These sure are some pretty birds. Smaller than Great Egrets and with more flashy yellow going on. With the purchase Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – California Scrub-Jay
Title: California Scrub-Jay Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Description: With the purchase of a new, long lens, I seem to be getting a new birding fever. Find me on eBird Continue Reading →