This was taken in February at Kalaloch Beach … which means the water was cold… even if it was an early springlike day. Kids must have a different insolation value in their feet than I do.
The Towhee is one of my favorites. Glad to have a fair number of them in the yard, most of the time. I love the weird red eyes.
This little guy was sitting in our apple tree guarding the feeder. We have seen these a few times lately, but they are a lot more shy than the others we had coming regularly … but have since moved on.
I was out for a walk at the beach recently, enjoying the springlike weather. There were a couple of eagles hovering around the top of the bluff, near where they have nested. This one thought there was something for lunch on the shore. Turned out to be a false alarm.
As it left, a gull started following, just in case there was something dropped.
The woodpeckers are regular visitors to my suet cake. They are a lot more polite than the flickers, who attack the suet with vigor and spread pieces all over the ground below. That does provide some additional opportunities to the ground feeders that don’t do so well at clinging to the feeder.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 300mm lens
ISO 1000 1/80th sec f/4.5
Not sure what these little guys are, but they certainly liked finding the suet cake in the feeder. The group of them all show up and by sheer number intimidate the regulars. I was using the motor drive and happened to catch one on approach.
This was one of the few times that I have seen two hummingbirds sharing a feeder. The one on the left was pretty nervous about coming in … but was accepted.
This was shot through the window of the home office. While I prefer having bird photos without feeders, this one was a such nice shot I couldn’t resist.
I was on top a 70 foot bank overlooking Puget Sound when I noticed a flock of birds flying by off-shore. I took a shot, not knowing what kind of bird they were … too far away for my visual identification skills. Nice to have the resolution to crop in and do the identification.