Wildlife of Edmonds, WA. 2015
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Scroll to the bottom of page 15 of my Edmonds Eagles 2014-15 thread. http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/showthread.php?11165-Edmonds-Eagles-2014-15/page15
I was unable to get any photos of the eagle actually hitting the prey as it landed behind that lifeboat and other equipment on the other side of the fence behind the #1 viewing platform.
Not necessarily. I got some good shots of a female Anna's feeding as well.
The berries are out, which will hopefully attract more cedar waxwings.
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Scroll to the bottom of page 15 of my Edmonds Eagles 2014-15 thread. http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/showthread.php?11165-Edmonds-Eagles-2014-15/page15
I was unable to get any photos of the eagle actually hitting the prey as it landed behind that lifeboat and other equipment on the other side of the fence behind the #1 viewing platform.
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Thursday morning (6-11) I went to Mini Park in Lynnwood where swallows were skimming over Sprague Pond and occasionally splashing in the water for bugs.
Two more dive sequences.
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I caught a rather strange sight over Edmonds Friday afternoon (6/12) as my son and I were up on the Pt. Edwards walkway. A turkey vulture and a mystery raptor were circling over town for several minutes. These shots were taken with my 5DIII + 100-400L II zoom + 1.4x III teleconverter and are heavily cropped, so you can imagine how far away the birds were.
The two birds spent several minutes soaring peacefully together.
The two birds spent several minutes soaring peacefully together.
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At one point it looked as though the raptor attacked the vulture.
I am not certain of the identity of the raptor. The body look and head look like a falcon, but the wings do not in several of the photos. I have never seen falcons soar and circle like this, either. If it is not a falcon, then my only other guess would be a Cooper's hawk.
At one point it looked as though the raptor attacked the vulture.
I am not certain of the identity of the raptor. The body look and head look like a falcon, but the wings do not in several of the photos. I have never seen falcons soar and circle like this, either. If it is not a falcon, then my only other guess would be a Cooper's hawk.
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Here are some Friday bird photos that don't require straining your eyeballs.
Male American goldfinch, the Washington state bird. I have seen a female gathering cattail fuzz at the retention pond, so I suspect the two are nesting in the area.
Juvie robin.
Two cowbirds were engaged in a courtship ritual. They were both males, so I doubt anything further transpired.
The gravel walkway alongside the fence which surrounds the retention pond is hummer alley where the wee birds are constantly chasing each other. Two of them passed so close between my son and me that I heard a popping sound, which was either them breaking the sound barrier or hitting each other.
A male making a dive to strafe another one. I cannot tell if it is an Anna's or a rufous.
A rufous female feeding.
Male American goldfinch, the Washington state bird. I have seen a female gathering cattail fuzz at the retention pond, so I suspect the two are nesting in the area.
Juvie robin.
Two cowbirds were engaged in a courtship ritual. They were both males, so I doubt anything further transpired.
The gravel walkway alongside the fence which surrounds the retention pond is hummer alley where the wee birds are constantly chasing each other. Two of them passed so close between my son and me that I heard a popping sound, which was either them breaking the sound barrier or hitting each other.
A male making a dive to strafe another one. I cannot tell if it is an Anna's or a rufous.
A rufous female feeding.
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photographmemories
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Shot of the day is going to be the rufous female feeding, nice work!
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Not necessarily. I got some good shots of a female Anna's feeding as well.
The berries are out, which will hopefully attract more cedar waxwings.
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Sunday afternoon (6/14) my son and I paid a visit to Pine Ridge Park in the hopes of seeing pileated woodpeckers and the barred owl. We saw neither, but we did locate a flicker burrow. A male kept taking something out of the burrow, possibly old nesting material. We never heard any sounds coming out of the burrow.
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We also spotted a group of juvie wood ducks with their mother on the far side of the large pond. The juvies are to the left on the log, the mother is to the right below the log.
Juvies
Mother
Wood ducks are the only duck with claws on their feet.
Juvies
Mother
Wood ducks are the only duck with claws on their feet.
The water was high in the marsh during my Wednesday evening (6/17) visit.
A family of crows was perched on the stand which held the marten gourds. It looked like both parents and three siblings.
One of two herons, the first I have seen at the marsh in a while.
Three kingfishers were present on the south side of the marsh. I believe all three were females. Mother + two daughters?
One was perched on the wire which overhangs Willow Creek.
Two more were perched in a dead tree next to the creek. One is at the top of the photo and one is at the bottom.
A family of crows was perched on the stand which held the marten gourds. It looked like both parents and three siblings.
One of two herons, the first I have seen at the marsh in a while.
Three kingfishers were present on the south side of the marsh. I believe all three were females. Mother + two daughters?
One was perched on the wire which overhangs Willow Creek.
Two more were perched in a dead tree next to the creek. One is at the top of the photo and one is at the bottom.
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Thursday afternoon (6/18) a song sparrow was making regular food deliveries near the #1 viewing platform of the marsh. The bird would land in a deep clump of grass and fly out a minute later sans bug.
Sunday (6/21) my son and I drove up to Pt. Edwards to photograph the summer solstice sunset. We got there about two hours early, so we walked down to the retention pond at the end of the walkway to photograph some solstice hummers. I shot these with the 5DIII + 100-400L II telephoto zoom. I removed the 1.4x teleconverter to so the lens would focus quicker on these fast little devils.
Female rufous:
Female Anna's:
I have yet to get photos of two hummers chasing each other. They are just too fast.
Female rufous:
Female Anna's:
I have yet to get photos of two hummers chasing each other. They are just too fast.
Monday evening (6/22/15) I walked around Southwest County Park in Edmonds while my son was at tennis. I was hoping to find a barred owl, but I found a Douglas' squirrel instead. The Douglas's squirrel is native to the PNW, but is being displaced by the more aggressive Eastern gray squirrel, an introduced/invasive species.
It may be more accurate to say the squirrel found me first, as it spent several minutes chewing me out with its alarm bark while I located it. I have seen how the squirrel's incessant barking can work to its (fatal) detriment when it is being hunted by a barred owl, another invasive species. Like most owls, the barred owl uses its keen hearing as well as its sight to hunt.
It may be more accurate to say the squirrel found me first, as it spent several minutes chewing me out with its alarm bark while I located it. I have seen how the squirrel's incessant barking can work to its (fatal) detriment when it is being hunted by a barred owl, another invasive species. Like most owls, the barred owl uses its keen hearing as well as its sight to hunt.
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A few birds from Monday at the marsh.
Female bushtit
Barn swallow
Marsh wren
Female bushtit
Barn swallow
Marsh wren
Wednesday afternoon (6/24) saw a lot of different birds at the marsh.
Cowbirds, an unwelcome sight. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests for the "adoptive" parents to raise.
Marsh wrens continue to build nests.
Song sparrow.
Immature violet-green swallow (?)
Adult violet-green swallow.
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Cowbirds, an unwelcome sight. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests for the "adoptive" parents to raise.
Marsh wrens continue to build nests.
Song sparrow.
Immature violet-green swallow (?)
Adult violet-green swallow.
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