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Lame ass Merlin screenshot but pretty stoked to add a new bird this morning. Had no idea there were any oriole species here in the PNW. I heard it plain as day in spite of the dreaded Merlin red dot. Also saw a great egret flying upriver.

Nope, not a local, random act of disgustingness. 25+ years ago while camping at Cape Lookout SP, I watched a trio of crows descend upon a still steaming poodle loaf. It's owner didn't feel the need to pick it up, but not that it mattered. They wolfed it down in seconds with apparent relish...

Just one doe this morning. Had no idea...

Rain bumped the river nicely so gave it another shot this morning. No gleaming summer unicorns hooked or seen. Good birding session though. Cedar waxwings are still hanging out on the logjam. Started to cross the river and got cussed out by a pair of spotted sandpipers. I sat down for a...

Close encounters with hummingbirds and a chickadee infestation this morning. What I wish I had is a pic or video of the Cooper's (?) hawk that was in hot pursuit of a robin this morning.

Chance gets it done with the fly trips.

Not on a popper but already checked pelagic fur seal off the fly list.

Here's the ultimate filter feeder fly challenge. Paddlefish on a #22 daphnia pattern.

It's a bit fuzzy being 50+ years ago, but we fished a tide rip off the point at the south end of the bay. Not far offshrore in a 15' plywood skiff. Mooching herring with banana sinkers. Maybe 3oz... ish so they couldn't have been very deep. The blackcod seemed huge to me being used to creek...

Early return coho on the Kalama. Eff those lock-jawed #&*!!!

Ya, there's stupid deep fly fishing, and there's no freaking way deep. Always exception though. There used to be a spot near Birch Bay north of Bellingham where juvenile sablefish could be caught on mooching gear. Dad took me out there sometime in the late 60's and caught my first saltwater...

Thanks. Definitely one of the best dressed PNW birds. I pick them up on Merlin a lot but rarely get more than a glimpse in the trees. Was nice to see them out in the open.

Nope. On that note I did find a truck part. Plus another inner tube, this one deflated, some rope, usual cans/bottles, and a worm container -grrr!

Big slab of clay. Pretty common here in SWW rivers.

Took some advice from a buddy and played hooky to ignore home projects this morning. He was right that I needed to recharge my batteries. No fish were hooked or seen, but there was one spot that really set off my summer-steel spidey sense like it hasn't in ages. 30 years ago there would've...

Fishless, but nice morning on the crick. One surprise was a small flock of cedar waxwings hanging out on a logjam. Ran into one other fisherman upstream of me, but he took off before I could ask how the fishing was.

Wasn't thinking about McManus (thanks for the reminder) but thats kinda where I was headed with that!

Really good bird morning today. Just missed a Pileated on this snag - dammit! At least Merlin caught it.

Good bird morning here in SWW. One solid new Merlin ID with a band tailed pigeon. And possibly a new raptor. Maaaybe a Cooper's, but the white edge feathers on the tail look weird?

Weird indeed. Seems unlikely something would suppress the total return by roughly an order of magnitude. AND, compress it into a single spike vs something resembling a normal bell curve... Or maybe I spend too much time looking at process control charts. :rolleyes: