Got any bird pics?

[Scott Salzer]

I have seen them nesting on piers like the one in Port Townsend.

 

[CanoeGuy]

From a couple years ago but I like it enough that it is my computer background

 

[Scott Salzer]

Almost looks like mergansers(.)
Nice pic.

 

[CanoeGuy]

Almost looks like mergansers(.)
Nice pic.

a whole family of them - it was later in the year

 

[Kilchis]

 

[Stonedfish]

 

[chief]

 

[Wadin' Boot]

BIrd looks like a banksy....

 

[Stonedfish]

Not a great pic of an eagle on a tree watching us go by in the boat yesterday.
SF

 

[Jim F.]

Hanging at a golf course of all places

 

[Wadin' Boot]

Nice shot of that glamorous lady Jim!

 

[Jim F.]

Thanks, Boot! She was a real surprise at this particular location , although there is an Osprey nest across the Columbia & upstream a ways.

 

[SKYKO]

A couple from this morning, alot of bait in this channel, kind of a Heron buffet line.

 

[chief]

Another from the game cam.

 

[Scott Salzer]

Should be no surprise at a golf course as they have ponds (water traps) osprey are pretty adaptable. They hunt in the saltwater shallows by my house. Had one with a fish today. Interesting that they orient the fish head first when they fly to reduce drag.

 

[Jim F.]

Should be no surprise at a golf course as they have ponds (water traps) osprey are pretty adaptable.

True but this 9 hole course doesn't. It is sandwiched between the Columbia and the highway. The Osprey was on the river side. There was a ton of human & equipment activity (post boat race de-construction) and the golf course was packed, but the bird seemed to be completely at ease. I just happened to look up as I was driving by. I couldn't get her to look directly at me though.

 

[Zak]

This afternoon a pair kingfishers engaged in aerial dogfights over the lake for maybe half an hour. Lots of yelling at each other, close passes, and theatric splashes into the water (not hunting).

I've never seen that before. Maybe a fight over territory?

They were flying fast and hard to photograph, but here's a couple attempts.

 

[albula]

A couple avian visitors this morning along the water here in Port Angeles. One an everyday resident and the other not so much. Guessing a California Quail.

 

[Rainforest Gump]

Had an early morning visitor today.

 

[Stonedfish]

Saw these two standing on two power poles next to each other this morning.
SF