Monday, April 21, 2014

Update : 04 to 20 April, 2014

Here's some of the latest ....

INSECTS

A hive of wild bees 

AMPHIBIANS

A happy bullfrog (notice the very slight smile)

BIRDS

American White Pelican, at sunset

Brandt's Cormorants

Brandt's Cormorants, nesting

Brandt's Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant, carrying nesting material, iridescent in the sunlight

Double-Crested Cormorant

Greater White-Fronted Geese

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Canada Goose

Brant Geese

Wood Duck, female

Wood Duck, female

Northern Shoveler, paddling

Northern Shoveler, flying

Northern Shoveler, landing, still with that stylish piece of water grass hanging from his bill

Cinnamon Teal

Lesser Scaup

Surf Scoter

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagle

American Coots

Killdeer

Western Gull, cleared for take-off

Western Gull

Common Murres

Common Murres

Common Murres

Pigeon Guillemots 

Pigeon Guillemots

Black-Billed Magpie 

Black-Billed Magpie

American Crow

American Crow

Black-Capped Chickadee

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

White-Crowned Sparrow

White-Crowned Sparrow

White-Crowned Sparrow

Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Red-Winged Blackbird, female

MAMMALS

Nutria

Harbor Seal

Harbor Seal

Elk

Elk

Elk

Elk

Elk, trying to hide

LANDSCAPE

Whoever was in charge of making sure that Mt. Rainier was totally covered in clouds so that it wasn't visible from the viewpoint, screwed up a little and gave us this small hole which provided all the evidence that we needed to let us know for sure that they hadn't exported the mountain to some other state



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