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In many Asian cultures, Friday (4/4/14) was one of the three unluckiest days of the year due to the proliferation of the number 4. Coming up next will be 4/14/14 and 4/24/14. Although everyone else in my house is Asian, their bad luck did not rub off onto me as I made some good catches at the fish hatchery.
A red-breasted sapsucker was tapping away on a tree by Willow Creek. There may have been a second sapsucker in the tree as well, but I was not fast enough to photograph it.
At least two golden-crowned kinglets were busy going their non-stop kinglet thing by the creek. Both of our local kinglet species are my nemesis birds.
The kinglet's orange crown is barely visible in these two photos. A perfect kinglet shot would show the orange crown quite vividly. Like its cousin the ruby-crowned kinglet, the golden-crowned only raises its crown when it is agitated, usually by the presence of a rival kinglet.
That series, particularly the ones you took yesterday in the marsh adjacent to the hatchery, is nothing short of astounding, Bill! I was there - it was dark mostly, and the trees and branches with their new leaves were a tangle. Even seeing the red-breasted sapsucker(s), let alone photographing one, was amazing. You are the man!!
Speaking of Pileated Woodpeckers, here's a digiscoped shot from about 200' away and across a gorge. This particular nest is just below an active Osprey nest.
That series, particularly the ones you took yesterday in the marsh adjacent to the hatchery, is nothing short of astounding, Bill! I was there - it was dark mostly, and the trees and branches with their new leaves were a tangle. Even seeing the red-breasted sapsucker(s), let alone photographing one, was amazing. You are the man!!
I paid the price when I ventured down the creek. I was trying to get close to the marsh to look for marsh wrens when one leg sunk down to nearly my knee. Luckily I was wearing hiking boots or I probably would have lost a shoe in the mud.
Some non-eagle shots from Saturday (4/5/14). Many of the marine birds have started to show their colorful breeding plumage. We have a small window to photograph some of them before they depart for their summer nesting grounds.
This horned grebe is starting to transition.
The pigeon guillemot is one of the earliest to change color and remains in the area year around.
A red-necked grebe is finally living up to its name.
A double-crested cormorant is starting to develop "eyebrows".
With its feathers resembling scales, a cormorant may be the closest we come to seeing a winged dragon.
The photos were all cropped to some extent. My "walk & stalk" weapons of choice are a Canon 5D Mark III + 1.4x teleconverter + 100-400L telephoto zoom. The 5DIII has a full frame sensor.
Thursday (4/10/14) I caught two horned grebes in mating plumage diving for minnows at Olympic Beach as I was walking out to the fishing pier to look for the orcas.
When sun, wind, and water conditions are just right, you can see the grebes swimming underwater. They are quite fast.
Two double-crested cormorants were engaged in a serious struggle for a fish below the fishing pier.
One resorted to a choke hold, but it could not get the other one to cough up the fish.
Friday (4/11/14) afternoon I photographed two native Douglas's squirrels in South County Park, located on Olympic View Drive in Edmonds.
After downloading the photos on my computer, I noticed that one of the squirrels appeared to have ticks in its left ear. I have never encountered ticks in this area and I have never seen them on the invasive eastern gray squirrels.
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