Northern Pintail – Anas acuta

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Theyer Wetlands – Belfair, Washington
October 19, 2009

This lone female was hanging out by herself. Maybe the male got blasted. There are duck hunter blinds at the fringes of the wetlands.

Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia

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Theyer Wetlands – Belfair, Washington
October 19, 2009

It was a rather slow day for birding, but this friendly little sparrow provided an opportunity.

Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos

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Theyer Wetlands – Belfair, Washington
October 19, 2009

Again, it is not always about the bird, but the whole habitat setting.

Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus

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Vaughn Bay, Washington
December 21, 2008

I’m not used to seeing a Killdeer this time of year. We don’t get very much snow in Puget Sound, but this was an exception. This poor little bird sat in this spot on our sea wall all day. I don’t think he was a happy camper.

BTW, this is the last 2008 photo from the LOST files and now I’ll get back to 2009.

Gadwall – Anas strepera

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Nisqually National Wildlilfe Refuge
October 18, 2008

This is a duck I don’t see that often.

Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos

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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
October 18, 2008

Sometimes it’s more about where the bird is than the bird!

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Canada Goose – Branta canadensis

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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
October 18, 2008

One good thing about digiscoping is the ability to get really close portraits.

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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
October 18, 2008

Surprisingly, a digiscoping setup can come in handy when you want to take a close-up. The only difference is that you are actually quite a distance from the subject.

The location of this photo is near the spot where I took some terrific Wood Duck photos a few years ago. I always check out this location in case the ducks are there again, but as the years go by I realize that I was very fortunate to get those photos.

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Northern Shrike – Lanius excubitor

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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
October 18, 2008

Here is another digiscoped photo from this day of birding. It was a long way from me, so the photo is grainy and a bit blurred.

Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus

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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
October 18, 2008

This is a digiscoped photo of this Peregrine’s favorite tree. I couldn’t get very close, so my system was stretching its limits and the photo came out quite grainy. This is the first of a few photos that I found from 2008. They were all digiscoped using my Nikon P4, an 82mm ED Nikon Fieldscope with a 30x wide angle eyepiece and tripod.