Got any bird pics?

[Ron McNeal]

I don't have any bird pics, but I was sent this link to a wonderful video about Great Grey Owls: <>

What a beautiful animal!!

 

[Jim F.]

I miss seeing these. To me, the most impressive of all the Owls. Thank you for posting this, Ron!

 

[Wadin' Boot]

This, my friends, is a barred owl in the fir across street last night. You're welcome!

 

[Jim F.]

Almost looks like a many Spotted Owl . . .

 

[Scott Salzer]

No pics but we had a very lonely loon at Mason Lake. Not a loon lake, too low, too busy. Told him to get some altitude.

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Specifically that is the California scrub jay, I see them in the south sound from time to time but they are present in huge numbers at the in-laws' place in central valley California. A couple of maps of interest showing their range
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I lived in Olympia from 1999-2004 and somewhere in the middle I started seeing scrub jays often. Took another decade before I saw them frequently towards the coast. Now they have pushed the Steller's jays out somewhat.

 

[Dweddy89]

Sunday morning near the in laws. Barred owl

 

[Jim F.]

Very nice and a very photogenic bird!

 

[clarkman]

Just some goofy pelicans...




Sadly, I couldn't get close enough to anything else to get any reasonably decent pics with my phone.

 

[tkww]

I'd love to hear some thoughts on this one. Shot today (May 29), so juvenile seems out. It looks to me to have some pretty strong characteristics of both male and female wood duck. The one thing that stood out to me was the neck length, which just seems a little long for a wood duck. I'm still guessing hybrid of some kind, but honestly I'm a lot lost on this.

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

I'd love to hear some thoughts on this one. Shot today (May 29), so juvenile seems out. It looks to me to have some pretty strong characteristics of both male and female wood duck. The one thing that stood out to me was the neck length, which just seems a little long for a wood duck. I'm still guessing hybrid of some kind, but honestly I'm a lot lost on this.
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He is funny looking, but I am pretty sure an eclipse plumage male wood duck. It is the right time of year for the male of many duck species to molt and get more drab for a bit as they lose flight feathers and need extra camouflage while on the down and low until they get a new set of feathers.

Male wood duck eclipse plumage

 

[adamcu280]

Get past the mammals and there are some common and king eiders, northern fulmars, and dovekies from Svalbard.

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Hard to miss getting at least one bird in focus when it comes to big flocks of shorebirds (although this site's compression sort of makes even one in focus look questionable).

Top: Short-billed dowitchers.
Bottom: Dunlin sleepily staring back just to the right of a larger preening Red knot.

 

[tkww]

He is funny looking, but I am pretty sure an eclipse plumage male wood duck. It is the right time of year for the male of many duck species to molt and get more drab for a bit as they lose flight feathers and need extra camouflage while on the down and low until they get a new set of feathers.

Male wood duck eclipse plumage
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Thanks. I hadn't seen that sort of dramatic change in my normal residents.

 

[Jim F.]

Crappy golf course

 

[Jim F.]

Almost look like pond ornaments . . .

 

[jasmillo]

This little fella. It’s sibling and mom were out and about in a few side yard trees a couple weeks back.

 

[Wadin' Boot]

 

[Cabezon]

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"It is my turn on that rock. You've been there long enough".
Steve

 

[RCF]

I am sad to report we lost a significant piece of bird habitat we have had for 15 to 20 years. Numerous and frequent sightings of various birds including flickers, downy and piliated woodpeckers is gone.

Our 12' Douglas fir stump came to rest last night: