Update: October 6 through October 12, 2014

The following is a selection of my weekend photos ....

Up first is a set of photos of Western Scrub Jays in my backyard.

We were also visited by four young Raccoons who hung out in our backyard Elm tree.

Below is a male Wood Duck at Dawson Creek Park in Hillsboro, OR.

For comparison below is a photo of a male (left) and a female (right) Wood Duck ...

And here is a hermaphrodite Wood Duck displaying marking of both a male and a female.  Compare it to the above photo.

Also at Dawson Creek I photographed a Western Grebe.

 

An American Wigeon, also at Dawson Creek.

An Acorn Woodpecker (Dawson Creek).

A couple of Western Pond Turtles (one peeking over the log) at Summer Creek in Tigard, OR.

And finally, a couple of shots of a Great Blue Heron flying over the Tualatin River at Cook Park in Tigard, OR.

Thanks for stopping by!