March 26, 2011 This is yesterday. I looked early this morning and things seemed ok, so I went about my business hoping to take some shots in the afternoon. Then this afternoon I realized the nest was empty, and this was much to early for this to have been a result of fledging. Because I … Continue reading
MaMarch 21, 2011 Scroll down this page to find shots of this Mom stoically sitting on the nest in a snowstorm. She sure likes having the creek running below her. She’s in the running water the minute I turn it on in the morning.
March 16, 2011 With all the tragic things going on in the world, it’s important that I don’t sound like I’m complaining. But it’s been raining here in Seattle. We’re already over a normal March’s total precip as we reach the halfway point of the month. This male Common Merganser seemed ok about it in Andrews … Continue reading
March 15, 2011. In a previous post we described how our Ma Hummer has been through a snow storm and had to endure an exploring cat. Since then there’s been a big rainstorm and a freeze. And last night a windstorm came up that had the branch she is nesting on rocking back and forth with abandon. But here … Continue reading
We headed down to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge today. The air was fresh and the light was spectacular down there. This American Bittern wasn’t far from the Visitor’s Center. We noticed that when it saw fish, it got excited and started wiggling it’s butt like a cat. It got a couple fish before we moved on. This … Continue reading
Hi all, This handsome Red-breasted Sapsucker showed up in our yard today. And, by the way, Mom Anna’s Hummingbird has survived the snow, wind, cold weather and all predators and is still awaiting the hatchlings. (We live on Beacon Hill in Seattle, WA. We don’t live near a greenbelt, but we have a recirculating creek … Continue reading
We have an Anna’s Hummingbird nesting in our Italian Plum outside our bedroom window. She’s about 3 feet across the tree from where she successfully nested last year. This year it’s a string of indignities. Here she sees a cat walking under the tree. You can see her gorget is ruffled as she is no … Continue reading
I arrived in Seattle in 1976 and late that winter in ‘77 I saw a juvenile Golden Eagle with a clear white subterminal band on the tail perched on driftwood in the Skagit Wildlife Recreation area marsh near Conway, WA. Today Delia and I went up there with friends Chris Maden and Kim Riddell and … Continue reading
Delia and I and a friend went out to the Snoqualmie Valley to the Stillwater Wildlife Management Area to see if we could add to our state-bird-year-list today. Turns out, we couldn’t. Our list is at 92, a mid-Feb total that’s paltry by serious WA Bird-lister standards, but enough so that everything we saw today … Continue reading
Delia and I were back in New Mexico’s southern “bootheel” yet again for the holidays. Things were calm down there, perhaps overly so weatherwise. This weather system shown assaulting the cliffs on the north side of the canyon was only good for ¼ inch of precipitation. Lesser Goldfinch are usually around in winter. This … Continue reading
