Wldlife of Edmonds, WA. 2014
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While Terry and I have documented the Pt. Edwards pair sitting on their nest, we have yet to see or hear signs of eaglets. Due to the upward angle we view the nest, I doubt we will see any eaglets in their downy stage. We did not spot last year's eaglets until 5-26-13 and by then they were out of their downy stage and were developing adult feathers.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/showt...ds-Eaglet-2013
This year I am keeping a closer eye now that we know the pair is nest sitting. Looking back at photos of last year's eaglets, there may very well be recently hatched babies in the nest as I type.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/showt...ds-Eaglet-2013
This year I am keeping a closer eye now that we know the pair is nest sitting. Looking back at photos of last year's eaglets, there may very well be recently hatched babies in the nest as I type.
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Late Sunday (5/4) afternoon I was owl hunting in Yost Park when I noticed some movement on a branch directly below one of the owls I was photographing. I believe it is a Pacific slope flycatcher.
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Wednesday (5/7) I attempted to photograph some migratory shorebirds (sandpipers and semipalmated plovers) at the marsh with my long lens combo. It was a sunny day and although the sun was behind me, the photos were horrible due to the heat waves coming off the mud.
Thursday (5/8) was overcast, so I gave it another try. The lighting was good, but no shorebirds were to be found other than the resident killdeer. I did not want to waste the time and effort of setting up the long lens combo (5DIII + 500L telephoto + 1.4x teleconverter, tripod mounted), so I took some photos of two geese and their babies as it started to sprinkle.
By the time we got to the fishing pier, the sprinkles had turned to real rain. We found a shelter where I snapped some fairly close shots of one of the marbled murrelets which has been hanging out off the fishing pier.
On the way back to the car I got some shots of a pelagic cormorant in breeding plumage eating a fish inside the marina.
Thursday (5/8) was overcast, so I gave it another try. The lighting was good, but no shorebirds were to be found other than the resident killdeer. I did not want to waste the time and effort of setting up the long lens combo (5DIII + 500L telephoto + 1.4x teleconverter, tripod mounted), so I took some photos of two geese and their babies as it started to sprinkle.
By the time we got to the fishing pier, the sprinkles had turned to real rain. We found a shelter where I snapped some fairly close shots of one of the marbled murrelets which has been hanging out off the fishing pier.
On the way back to the car I got some shots of a pelagic cormorant in breeding plumage eating a fish inside the marina.
Those last five were taken with the 5DIII + 500L telephoto + 1.4x TC from a tripod.
Saturday (5/10/14) I led a bird count at the marsh for International Migratory Bird Day. The only birds we saw in migration were four western sandpipers. The heat waves off the mud made for difficult photography with the 5DIII + 500L + 1.4x TC.
A pair of Canada geese had ten young goslings. I don't think Canadian honkers count as migratory birds anymore as they tend to remain in the area year round.
A pair of Canada geese had ten young goslings. I don't think Canadian honkers count as migratory birds anymore as they tend to remain in the area year round.
Janine and I were at the marsh Monday (5/12/14). We no sooner finished talking about how a year earlier we had seen a coyote from this same, exact location when we spotted one. I checked my old photos, and we had seen the coyote on 5/4/13.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/showthread.php?7934-Wildlife-of-Edmonds-WA/page22
I suspect the coyote is on the hunt for the baby geese whose photos I have posted earlier. Looking at the coyote's tail, I think it is the same one with the hairless tail that I photographed last year.
5DIII + 100-400L + 1.4x TC, handheld.
There was no advantage to using my 500L telephoto lens, as the heat waves rising off the mudflats made for poor photos. This was especially true when the photos were close cropped. These photos, taken with the 5DIII + 500L + 1.4 TC, tripod mounted, are minimally cropped to avoid the distortion caused by the heat waves.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/showthread.php?7934-Wildlife-of-Edmonds-WA/page22
I suspect the coyote is on the hunt for the baby geese whose photos I have posted earlier. Looking at the coyote's tail, I think it is the same one with the hairless tail that I photographed last year.
5DIII + 100-400L + 1.4x TC, handheld.
There was no advantage to using my 500L telephoto lens, as the heat waves rising off the mudflats made for poor photos. This was especially true when the photos were close cropped. These photos, taken with the 5DIII + 500L + 1.4 TC, tripod mounted, are minimally cropped to avoid the distortion caused by the heat waves.
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While my son was taking tennis lessons, I checked the osprey nest at the Meadowdale softball complex. The male flew by the nest, but did not land. I got some shots of the female making a brief trip to the nest and taking off again. The bottom line to this behavior is that there are not yet any eggs in the nest.
I always wonder if she recognizes/remembers me from the past several years.
I know this is the female from the brown spotted "necklace" across her breast.
I always wonder if she recognizes/remembers me from the past several years.
I know this is the female from the brown spotted "necklace" across her breast.
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Wednesday evening (5/14/14) my son and I explored Lynndale Park in nearby Lynnwood prior to his tennis class there.
Native Douglas's squirrel
Adult Pacific wren and fledgling. I have very few photos of this fairly common resident of our area.
Native Douglas's squirrel
Adult Pacific wren and fledgling. I have very few photos of this fairly common resident of our area.
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Once my son's tennis lessons started I went over to the Meadowdale softball complex to check on the osprey. Both of them were perched on the nest.
Female (right) staring at me.
The male flew off, leaving the female alone.
She eventually settled down on the nest. Judging by the lack of bird poop on the blackberry bushes beneath the nest, they have not been spending much time on it.
I finally go a shot of the California quail that I heard last year but had never seen.
Female (right) staring at me.
The male flew off, leaving the female alone.
She eventually settled down on the nest. Judging by the lack of bird poop on the blackberry bushes beneath the nest, they have not been spending much time on it.
I finally go a shot of the California quail that I heard last year but had never seen.
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Last Thursday (5/15) the male flicker was in the burrow at the Willow Creek Fish Hatchery.
Monday (5/19/14) evening I visited two local parks while my son was at tennis class.
A song sparrow fledgling at Lynndale Park in Lynnwood.
Later I visited Southwest County Park in Edmonds on Olympic View Dr. west of Perrinville. I heard the sound of claws climbing a tree which sounded too loud for a squirrel.
We once had a raccoon family living in a Doug fir in our backyard, but I have not seen many in town recently.
While raccoons may be cute, you should look but not touch.
A song sparrow fledgling at Lynndale Park in Lynnwood.
Later I visited Southwest County Park in Edmonds on Olympic View Dr. west of Perrinville. I heard the sound of claws climbing a tree which sounded too loud for a squirrel.
We once had a raccoon family living in a Doug fir in our backyard, but I have not seen many in town recently.
While raccoons may be cute, you should look but not touch.
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