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We relocated to Yost Park in search of the barred owls. Two pileated woodpeckers were putting on a good show high above us.
Male. Note the red below the bill.
Artistic shot taken on the shady side of the tree with sunshine highlights of the bird.
Female. No red below the bill.
We found the barred owl hidden in the branches of the same tree as the day before. That is where I would expect to find it, as opposed to being out in the open in the sunlight like the previous day.
I have seen a female Anna's hummingbird during my last two trips to the #4 viewing platform of the marsh. Today she some fuzz in her bill, so I assume she is building a nest nearby.
A pair of yellow-rumped warblers have been frequenting the trees along the marsh walkway between the #2 and #4 viewing platforms.
We found the Yost Park barred owl pair fairly easily. They were calling to each other and flew among several different perches within a small area.
Female?
Male?
I have read that barred owls will use old crow nests. This one was near where I photographed the owls, so I'll keep an eye on it.
It rained all day Sunday (3/16) and was too dark to expect to take any good bird photos. I drove down to Sunset Ave. to work the Sunday NY Times crossword puzzle between passing trains.
One of the local juvenile bald eagles made a circle over the dive park and landed on the rocks behind the railroad tracks. The tide was in, so no one was going to walk up the beach and bother it. Three times the eagle took off, circled the area of the dive park, and landed just out of sight on the rocks.
I got some great flight photos as it would fly at or below eye level.
Eagle shots continued. The juvie's head is still relatively dark, so it may be one of the local 2013 hatchlings. In some of my shots (not posted here), it looks as though the eagle is staring at me and taking in my features for future reference.
The female belted kingfisher was on one of her usual perches at the marina. The rain did not seem to bother her.
Such is life in the Edmonds Birdmuda Triangle. Just when you think it is going to be another dark, gloomy, and boring PNW day; some spectacular avian activity occurs with no advanced notice.
I was in the right place at the right time, but as Robert Shaw said in The Music Man, "You gotta know the territory."
I call an eagle a "sub adult" if it has most of its white feathers, but still has a few dark ones left on its head. It is probably one season away from having a completely white head.
Later that afternoon a sub adult was perched in one of the tall trees on the fish hatchery grounds at the bottom of Pine Street.
Can you spot the eagle in this 140mm uncropped telephoto shot from the Pt.Edwards walkway?
Shot taken from the top of the fish hatchery driveway: 560mm and cropped.
2014 local eagle count
Pt. Wells pair (2)
Pt. Edwards pair (2)
Hutt Park pair (2)
Lake Ballinger pair (2)
unattached mature adult (1)
sub adult (1)
juvies (2-3)
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