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Cassin's finches

I think I have a new favorite bird. Gotta love anything that stalks the water. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron and its early breakfast. The pincers were shaken off prior to engulfing the crayfish.

We're all getting old! Prior to any understanding of photoshop on my part, Itchy Dog helped me create this photo, celebrating the WFF OMJ/Mumbles love affair "Mumbles and Old Man" thread back in 2010. Stolen from the original Cialis commercials: When the moment is right...

Western bluebirds are back

Anna's hummingbird in the spotlight

Just saw this... Bummer, but we all have our time. My favorite all time fly is the Matuka sculpin and years ago I purchased one he tied. I treasure it to this day. It remains my favorite fly to tie along with the Quigley crane fly. It's been sad over the years to lose Whitlock, LaFontaine...

With those shoulder bars, I think you're still dealing with a red-tailed hawk. The various morphs make it difficult and I'm admittedly often confused. Rough-legged hawks have carpal patches that are more lateral to the shoulder bars on red-tailed hawks, which is my key to comparing the two. I...

Cooper's hawk from the weekend, outed by a group of scolding Steller's jays

Sunday's pelagic out of Westport apparently saw a rarity: Hawaiian Petrel. Would have been pretty cool. Meanwhile, while visiting the Anan bear and wildlife observatory recently, I got into a staring contest with a bald eagle. This is a bird thread, but pink salmon were no match for the many...

An unexpected visitor to my camera trap in Cle elum (bat in flight)

Great-horned owl and squirrel breakfast from the weekend. The foliage gave it a Groucho Marx look.

Do you prefer Glo bug yarn or McFly foam? Single color or two tone? Do you pick colors based on seasons, salmon roe vs whitefish roe? Do you include a veil? What's your favorite color, or is fishing with an egg pattern not really fly fishing?

Not a mod, but please, this was a great informational thread and let's keep political shit out of it. What happened happened, nobody was going to stop it. I continue to return to this thread for updates, but please keep it from becoming political.

Black-headed grosbeak (he/his) Black-headed grosbeak (she/hers)

That Oak Creek area is one of my favorite places in Washington. Great place for yellow-breasted chat too! Thanks for sharing.

I'm guessing spotted towhee. As for Norther flickers, they love ants.

When the other migrant birds go silent, this flycatcher continues to vocalize all day, all summer. Western Wood-Pewee

My backyard in Cle elum. First non-mouse visitor to my water hole and camera trap set up of the season. I've had a spring black bear around, but it just wants to knock my camera out of position and chew up my remote flashes rather than stop for a drink and properly pose for a picture. I was glad...

Thanks, but I have to admit since switching to mirrorless (I went with the OM-1) it feels like I'm cheating. With my DSLR I had to work really hard for what I considered a quality BIF photo. The flicker photo is still a bit soft (should have used a faster shutter speed) but the current...

Northern flicker