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Mallard Family
A mother and nine* youngsters grazing the lily pads. *mostly not in view at once, but there are nine at 0:40.- DennisC
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- duckling mallard (anas platyrhynchos) washington state
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- Category: North America
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Comment by 'DennisC' in media 'Cooper's Hawk'
Probably ranging you. It's a juvenile (vertical streaks on the breast). Raptors estimate distance to a target by parallax, by bobbing the head left and right. An adult's bobbing is likely too subtle to notice, but the juvenile needs practice. In the next second, its head would be off-center to...- DennisC
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Great Blue Heron with a Brown Bullhead
Great blue heron caught a brown bullhead catfish, <i>Ameiurus nebulosus</i>. The catfish is native to eastern North America but has been planted in the lake for human anglers. What are the white spiky things mostly to the right of the heron's bill?- DennisC
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- Comments: 3
- Category: North America
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One more time!
I dont have a clue what that wad of yellow was, but it was too big for that gullet. Pop put it in, took it out, put it in again, but it wasnt going down. Finally, frustrated Junior just dropped it.- DennisC
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- red-winged blackbird
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- Category: North America
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Comment by 'Guest' in media '"Ahh ... sun! Warming that cold fish in my belly."'
Delia, it's my understanding that cormorants do it to dry their wings after diving for fish; I think they do it even in cloudy weather.- DennisC
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"Ahh ... sun! Warming that cold fish in my belly."
Great blue heron, Ardea herodias. About 4 degrees Celsius, February 3, 2012, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Washington State. When first seen, the great bird was grooming itself, and then seemed to settle down and relax, and the folded wings slowly spread out to the sun, while the eyes...- DennisC
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- blue heron
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- Category: North America
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Golden Crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrapa apache, female. Distinguished from the male by lack of orange in crown, from the other subspecies by yellowish-olive back.- DennisC
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- golden-crowned kinglet regulus satrapa
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- Category: North America
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Seattle - Good Birdwatching Spots?
Check out Seattle Audubon: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/index.aspx. From Washington Audubon, order the Great Washington State Birding Trail Puget Loop map: http://wa.audubon.org/puget-loop. In the immediate Seattle area, among my own favorite spots are Union Bay Natural Area and Magnuson...- DennisC
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- Forum: Washington State
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"C'mon, regurgitate something!"
It's late September; maybe Pop thinks it's time you fed yourself? Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, first winter juvenile, and adult.- DennisC
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- glaucous-winged gull
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- Category: North America
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Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Glaucous-Winged Gull, first winter'
Delia, thanks.- DennisC
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Feed me! Whatever it is, I'll eat it!
Was the vegetation you can barely see (in the beak of the adult) meant to be eaten? I assume it was more bedding - western gulls are supposed to be carnivores. The other adult was just standing by, watching, as though unsure how to help, but eventually fetched some vegetation too. The flowers...- DennisC
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- western gull
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- Category: North America
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Black Swifts at Snoqualmie Falls 2013
DeaneRenata, Snoqualmie Falls is one of the largest and by far the most famous waterfall in Washington. It's on the Snoqualmie River, a tributary of the Snohomish, east of Seattle, about halfway to the Cascade Crest and about two miles north of Interstate 90 Exit 25. The falls themselves are...- DennisC
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ball of furious feathers
One pigeon guillemot took a dislike to another and after a few seconds, they went at it furiously. After another few seconds in a ball of feathers and splatter, one retreated and then flew off. See an eight-frame sequence in order in at Flickr...- DennisC
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- cepphus columba pigeon guillemot
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- Category: North America
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Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Just a morsel'
Vicki, no, it looks as though the heron didn't think so either, but they seemed to be abundant. It might be a salmon fingerling, from either the hatchery or the natural spawning beds up the tributary river and creeks.- DennisC
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Just a morsel
Great Blue Heron Whatever the fish is, it seemed to be abundant: the bird was catching one after another. It might be a salmon fingerling, wild or hatchery, but I doubt the dorsal fin would be so prominent. For higher resolution...- DennisC
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- great blue heron
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- Category: North America
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Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker
Dipping its beak into first one, then another, then the first, predrilled sap wells, unconcerned with the humans no more than two meters away. For a closer look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35195017@N06/8098457255 (right-click and choose 2048).- DennisC
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- red-breasted sapsucker
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- Category: North America
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No! Two's Plenty!
I've seen enough cases of obvious pair-bonding behavior, and knowing that they mate for life so that most adults have mates somewhere, that I'm inclined to suspect when I see two adult gulls in close association without other gulls around that they're likely mates. Here, one gull caught a starry...- DennisC
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- western gull
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- Category: North America
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Gull & Sea Cucumber
He found an Orange Sea Cucumber, Cucumaria miniata, but didn't seem to know what to do with it: pick it up, put it down, poke it, pick it up again. Considering gulls' appetite for the related sea stars, and the effort they put into swallowing one, I'm surprised this more streamlined version...- DennisC
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- glaucous-winged gull
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- Category: North America
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Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Pellucid Hawk Moth'
With the wings out of focus, that is one bizarre-looking creature! Great shot.- DennisC
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Just a little farther
He waddled and slipped across the thin ice until finally breaking through, and then swam on, unperturbed.- DennisC
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- green-winged teal
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- Category: North America
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No, it's mine. I found it!
The adult had the small flatfish; the juvenile came along and wanted it. The adult handed the fish over, and later took it back. Couldnt tell that either bird knew what to do with it, although I have watched a Western Gull gulp down a similar-sized starry flounder. Junior has the sharply...- DennisC
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- juvenile "olympic" glaucous-winged gull
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- Category: North America
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Watch It!
One gull shifted its position and then struggled to regain its balance, while its neighbor stoically hung on and eventually moved a few inches to another perch. It may seem unlikely that the second bird put up with this clumsy oaf, until you realize that theyre probably an established pair. To...- DennisC
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- glaucous-winged gull
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- Category: North America
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Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Loud Mouth'
Timing? What timing? I have 19 shots of this bird (the keepers). My SLR's continuous drive is much used.- DennisC
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