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Jake Neiffer Member
Joined: 07 Dec 2011 Posts: 825 | TRs | Pics Location: Lexington, OR |
Saw a bullocks oriole in the front yard yesterday
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lookout bob WTA proponent.....
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3044 | TRs | Pics Location: wta work while in between lookouts |
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lookout bob
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Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:58 pm
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We went down to the boat launch at Sand Point Magnuson Park and observed a bunch of ducklings with their mama. The little ones were half leaping out of the water to get bugs circling in the air above them. We were entranced!
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7709 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
lookout bob wrote: | We went down to the boat launch at Sand Point Magnuson Park and observed a bunch of ducklings with their mama. The little ones were half leaping out of the water to get bugs circling in the air above them. We were entranced! |
Mallard chicks amaze me. Very independent almost from the get go. They are tiny eating machines. Did you know they can completely submerge? Adult mallards often grab stuff under the surface but their butts float. The babies dive all the time.
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Brucester Member
Joined: 02 Jun 2013 Posts: 1102 | TRs | Pics Location: Greenwood |
Last night....to my left a seemingly iridescent green hummer sitting for a moment while we sat on my friends patio. The coolest thing ever, I tell you.
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Kascadia Member
Joined: 03 Feb 2014 Posts: 651 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:33 am
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Rufous hummingbirds have been arriving at our place like a Swiss watch for 20 years, March 15+/- one week. And they leave in the same fashion after producing 2 clutches on July 15 +/- one week. Yesterday we saw a Rufous, I assume one that thru-flew to Alaska and was on her way back to Central Mexico. Amazing little critters.
It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying:
Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying:
Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2337 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:15 pm
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catsp wrote: | Disgusting birds exchanging puke. |
Those nasty mother flickers!
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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3097 | TRs | Pics
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neek wrote: | Those nasty mother flickers! |
Thank you for the video. Almost half of newly hatched northern flickers die in the first week after leaving the nest. The adults will introduce the young to ant gathering locales in the post-fledging period but regurgitation remains an important means of sustenance. The clip shows a female feeding the young but males help out also.
https://harvest.usask.ca/handle/10388/ETD-2014-02-1465
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cdestroyer Member
Joined: 14 Sep 2015 Posts: 1251 | TRs | Pics Location: montana |
heading south, I have dozens of alberta cedar waxwings piling on the fat..they are eating all the choke cherries on my bushes...
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2337 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:14 am
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Lots of interesting birds at the local pond this week. ID help/corrections appreciated!
?? (update: Horned grebe) Hooded merganser Green heron
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Lightning_bug Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2016 Posts: 38 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
Neek,
I believe your top mystery bird is a pied-billed grebe, but perhaps someone else can chime in. I love pied-billed grebes - they have the cutest lil faces, kinda looks like they're smiling
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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3097 | TRs | Pics
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neek wrote: | ?? |
Horned Grebe in winter plumage. Notice the color of the eyes and the white tip at the end of the bill.
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2337 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:47 am
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Thanks to both! The grebe hint pointed me to horned grebe as well.
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Bedivere
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Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:29 pm
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Several people on facespace have posted pics of a Snowy Owl that's taken up residence in West Seattle the last few days. I wonder if it's a sign there could be an irruption this year? Last time there was a Snowy in W. Seattle was winter 11/12 and there was an irruption that year. I have a better camera now than I did back then.
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neek Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2011 Posts: 2337 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:25 am
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^ apparently a topic of conversation in my kid's 4th grade class. Would be great to see pics
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Olympic Hiker Member
Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 389 | TRs | Pics
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Over the last few days I have had a flock of 50+ Pine Siskins and a flock of 50+ Dark-eyed Juncos at different times of the day working the lawn for food. Been fun to watch.
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. - Lincoln
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. - Lincoln
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