Bobcat butt and ear taken through the sliding glass door.
Darn thing just wouldn’t cooperate for me to get a decent shot of him this time
Darn thing just wouldn’t cooperate for me to get a decent shot of him this time
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Mark Melton
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Must be camera shy.Bobcat butt and ear taken through the sliding glass door.
Darn thing just wouldn’t cooperate for me to get a decent shot of him this time
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Uptonogood
PNW raised
I forgot to add this little lady, Not in my backyard, lives about 1000 ft to the west in a tidal creek.
Seaalki
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Beautiful image, the 37 million year old, Oligocene epoch, what’s for dinner stare is spellbinding, that’s some ancient eye to eye contact there…wonderful…thanks
Interesting parallels, Oligocene and Anthropocene;
Eocene–Oligocene extinction event - Wikipedia
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Gyrfalcon22
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Pretty serious cropping on this set from yesterday. Looks like the Starling was a little too complacent around this immature Bald eagle....
Ahhh..telephoto compression to the rescue ! Starling actually about 10-15 feet this side of the landing mark.
Below is same perch from 90 degree angle West (and 800 yards away), this time a Golden eagle with 4 Starlings keeping a safe distance, just incase..
Ahhh..telephoto compression to the rescue ! Starling actually about 10-15 feet this side of the landing mark.
Below is same perch from 90 degree angle West (and 800 yards away), this time a Golden eagle with 4 Starlings keeping a safe distance, just incase..
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tkww
Life of the Party
Any lucking finding a Eurasian? I keep seeing them pop up in the tri-cities birding reports.
I saw several drakes last spring at Three Crabs near Dungeness Spit. They were mixed in with American wigeons.
Steve
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I have yet to see any of those, but the larger rafts of ducks are way out toward the Columbia. I'll keep looking.
No "hesitation" necessary. Side/front/extended backyard photos are good and yours are a delightful sight indeed!
Absolutely agree, and extended can mean, well, ... Just about anything you want I think.
cheers
Great shots!!Here are a from the "extended" backyard:
Nice! You are blessed. I really miss my home state.
Gyrfalcon22
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Eurasians are always a rare treat to find. They are very beautiful ducks!
A few days back, I was standing with my camera on tripod (unusual patience for me) waiting for something to fly onto a well used raptor perch when I had an odd flight patterned bird zip by me about 40 yards away. Thought it was a flicker or a jay with it's up and down/wavelike undulating flightpath.
Closer look revealed it to be a Northern Shrike !
I thought I saw one driving near our area about 2 months back but I sort of started questioning myself if I did see it.
Shrikes are also known as "Butcher Bird" as they are little killers. They often impale their food cache on thorns or barbed wire for later consumption.
These are really, really cool birds, these shrikes. A bird of far northern regions for breeding and only uncommonly here to Winter. One of only two species in all of North and South America. Most of the relatives live in Africa I believe.
Poor photos of a super unique bird
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Mark Melton
Life of the Party
Shrikes are little killers. They impale their food because they lack the talons to hold it in place.
Gyrfalcon22
Legend
Now I need to gear up right away and go look for a better photo op of The Butcher !
Way not in my backyard. My wife and I made a brief trip to the westside to look at some birds and get out of the desert for a bit. Thanks to some guidance from Gyrfalcon22 and Straman77 and some exploring we found a couple of great places. These were the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and Point Ledbetter State Park.
Lots of bald eagles
Herring Gull
Song Sparrow
Northern Shoveler I think - a new bird for me
Ring Necked Duck
Lots of bald eagles
Herring Gull
Song Sparrow
Northern Shoveler I think - a new bird for meRing Necked Duck