To Catch a Coot
My second favorite spotting of the day on Jan. 15, 2016 (my first fav was the Short-eared Owl), at Ridgefield, was this immature Bald Eagle
Future Refuge Royalty
This was my first shot of the day on Jan. 7, 2016, at the Ridgefield NWR. The immature Bald Eagle was perched in a tree
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“You mean I have to catch my own food?”
A look back in my archives uncovered this cute immature American Bittern, taken Sep. 2, 2014, at the Ridgefield NWR. 2014 was the year we
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Immature Red-tailed Hawk
Another shot from my dark and dreary Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at the Ridgefield NWR. This immature Red-tailed Hawk didn’t stick around long as I
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The thousand foot whisper
On Nov. 20, 2015, at the Ridgefield NWR, I spotted a large Bald Eagle on top of a tree that was over a thousand feet
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“Hey, I’ll take off when I’m ready!”
This immature Bald Eagle atop a tree, looked at me and opened its mouth then looked up in the air and let out its call.
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Learning the Ropes
It was a fantastic weather day at the Ridgefield NWR, today, Nov. 20, 2015. And I couldn’t believe that in the first three minutes of
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Immature Female Yellowthroat
My Aug. 11, 2015, trip to the Ridgefield NWR, netted me (recently posted) shots of an adult female Yellowthroat, a male fledgling Yellowthroat, a fledgling
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A Crested-crowned Bird
Here’s the 4th image in my young bird series, all taken Aug. 11, 2015, at Ridgefield, Wa. The bill says sparrow and the crested-crown makes
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It’s a cinch this finch didn’t flinch (say that 3 times quickly!)
At the same location where I shot the immature Yellowthroat and the immature Song Sparrow (both posted earlier), this bird also wanted to get in
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