This lovely lady truly cooperated the other day on Suave Island. Normally, I spot them on power lines and as soon as you stop the vehicle to get a shot they bolt.
Been having fun visiting some local parks and Nisqually NWR,
Hooded Merganzer
Piliated Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Marsh Wren
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
What had been relatively slow birding midday at our favorite Tacoma park, Titlow, got a boast when we came upon this guy not too far away, as we were
departing.
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Lightly used monopod and head for sale. Essentially like new Carbon (6X) Fiber 4 piece. With Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head Full-Size Screw-Knob. Together new ~$600.
Will let you have them for $270, paypaled and shipped to Continental US.
Some more birds from Brittany, France
European Robin
Common Chiffchaff
Pied Avocets
European Stonechat
European Green Woodpecker
Purple Heron
Common Kingfisher
Had an excellent stay in France, mostly in Brittany. Here are some of the birds we found.
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel
Gray Heron
Northern Lapwings
Lapwings
Sanderlings
Jackdaws
Common Kingfisher
Meadow Pipit (not in a meadow)
Lucky to have this local park to see and capture a nice variety of birdlife.
Gold-crowned Kinglet
Brewick's Wren
Brown Creeper
Downy Woodpecker
Spotted Towhee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Belted Kingfisher
Pacific Wren
I am posting the same image twice, once with the original background, which I do not care for, and after doing some amateur blurring using Photoshop 2025, which I have not been using much the last 5 years and therefore feel like a total newbie. I get the impression that the border between the...
Off to our favorite local park yesterday. Some of our favorites did not make an appearance, e.g Pileated Woody, but was fun watching the Kingfisher, Hooded Mergansers and Brown creepers get their fill.
Doing some cleanup on my laptop and came across this image of a few years ago. Iconic site, over photographed iMHO but always fun to look at old pictures that were important to take at the time. Comments on the B7W conversion always appreciated.
We went to our go-to spot to observe whatever birds were present. Nothing unusual but still fun. Here are a few including of a GBH doing some preening gymnastics.
Bewick's Wren
Belted Kingfisher, female
Visited my son ear Sacramento and my partner's 99 year if Aunt near Nashua New Hampshire and snuck in some bird shots.
Young Red-tail Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Acorn WP
Cedar Waxwing
Red-shoulder Hawk
Nuttalls Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
some more bird shots from the Maranon, Ucayali and Amazon river systems.
Southern Beardless=Tyrannulet
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper
Crane Hawk
White-throated Toucan
Great Pootoo
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Cocoi Heron...
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