Wldlife of Edmonds, WA. 2014

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Bill Anderson

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Another chapter in the continuing saga of Bird Wars.

I was at the fishing pier Saturday (12/6) afternoon when a person pulled up his crab net for the day and tossed out the bait, a piece of fish, for the gulls, who are the pier's equivalent of vultures. A juvie grabbed the fish and was quickly jumped by an adult.

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The juvie swallowed the fish and the adult flew off.
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Bill Anderson

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Monday's (12/8) search of the marina for the snowy owl was in vain, so I had to settle for photos of two cormorants drying off opposite the fuel dock.
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A great blue heron was in hiding.
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Bill Anderson

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Not sure what this is, taken last week at Edmonds Marsh...
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A yellow-rumped warbler. I think I was with you when you took those shots. The yellow-rumps like to hang out in the the trees along the marsh walkway in the winter. They are very photogenic and not as hard to shoot as the kinglets.

You should have labeled those provocative pigeon shots NSFW (Not Safe For Workplace). ;)
 
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Terry O

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Fox Sparrow at Pt. Edwards
Taken on the 3rd of Dec. Nothing special, but I liked the colors.

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'Angel Flying too close to the ground'....its amazing how a bird this big can be so maneuverable.

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Bill Anderson

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Good catch on the fox sparrow. I got the same shots, but I thought it was a song sparrow. I'm glad I didn't delete the photos.
 

Bill Anderson

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Janine: the bird you said was larger than a wren is a fox sparrow. Compare your photos to Terry's. The head looks like a song sparrow, but the checkerboard type pattern on the breast (instead of the song sparrow's stripes) is a clue.
 

Bill Anderson

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A windstorm Thursday night had some of the highest winds recorded in the Puget Sound region since the big windstorm of 2006. Pt. Edwards and parts of downtown Edmonds just got electric service restored this morning, having been without power for 31 hours.

The tide was extremely high Friday morning (12/12), but it was fairly calm. Lots of birds were not far off the fishing pier and the high tide put them even closer to the camera.

Rhinocerous auklet
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Common murre
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Brandt's cormorant, which I don't believe is common for this area.
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Pacific loon
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Bonaprte's gull
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