Got any bird pics?

[Jim F.]

Thanks to Friend @RichS I managed to capture a little more variety.
The Black Crowned Night Herons were still there . . .

As was a Greater Scaup hen (I think) . . .

 

[Jim F.]

And hen Shoveler with 2 hen Buffleheads . . .

 

[Jim F.]

Just for comparison, I went back thru some older pictures. Bufflehead drakes are sure a pretty bird.

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Good to see that you got out and took great shots, Jim !

Had to add this on to your Bufflehead shot. This was nearing dark here tonight on my walk up the road. A Bufflehead photobombing its giant kin.
A favorite bird of any category, the Bufflehead. They are beautiful in form and color for sure. Even a classic name.
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[Gyrfalcon22]

Black Crowned Night Herons in Richland. There were nine of them. I myself have never seen more than one in a spot before. First sunny day in ages as well.
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That is a bunch of them ! Very nice. Never forget my first Black-crowned NH. Being a west-sider I had not seen one until I fished Lenore in the mid-80's. I recall I was walking around a basalt beachhead when I walked right into a spectacular red-eyed beauty of a heron. That was super impressive moment.

 

[Kilchis]

Let's do lunch…

 

[RichS]

More herons from a pond:
Black Crowned night Heron


Great Blue Heron


Some turkeys from alongside Banks Lake:

 

[Eastside]

Been awhile since I have ventured out. Not much variety, unfortunately.

These guys have been fed a few times . . .
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And these were just comfortable . . .
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Those are some fat northern mallards with their bright orange feet. Great photos.

 

[Kilchis]

Long-billed Dowitcher

 

[MT_Flyfisher]

Just a few of the estimated 70,000 migrating snow geese that make a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management area this time of the year which is just a few miles north of my home in SE PA.

 

[Tom Butler]

Poor pics of wild kingdom action. These black and white ducks had a favorite part of the lake.

And two eagles with beautiful white heads kept going for them. One was got, dropped into the rushes, and the eagle circled back in to bring it out.

 

[Scott Salzer]

MT - looks just the Skagit valley.

 

[MT_Flyfisher]

MT - looks just the Skagit valley.

Sure does. And it doesn’t even look like the grass is greener on the other side of the fence (country).

Skagit Valley snow geese:

 

[Bajema]

An American Kestrel

 

[Otter]

The "cute" falcon!

 

[kerrys]

Who are you looking at…

 

[Stonedfish]

 

[Kilchis]

An exchange student from a foreign land, this is a Eurasian Teal on this continent, Common Teal on that big landmass to the west. Differentiated from our Green-winged teal by the presence of that horizontal white stripe on the upper side and lack of a vertical white bar on the breast. This bird showed up in the Willamette Valley in 2021 after taking a wrong turn in……maybe Siberia?

 

[Greg Armstrong]

The least nervous bunch of Wigeon I’ve ever come across.

Love hearing their “whistle”.

 

[JayB]

Pair of devoted bird watchers and some of my 10 year old's bird pics.