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Carrie Blake Park, Sequim, Washington
December 16, 2011

Well, this is it – the last photo of 2011. It is fitting that the last 2011 photo should be this particular species. Since I live on the water in Washington, this is the bird I see most often. I love to watch them pick up clams and hover 20-30 feet over the rocky beach and drop the clam to break it open. This bird here at the park is looking for a handout.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 1250, f/5.0, 1/400 sec

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1031
Carrie Blake Park, Sequim, Washington
December 16, 2011

Here is the second set of Wigeon photos. These are not quite as good as the first set, but still worthy of posting – I think.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/250 sec

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1030
Carrie Blake Park, Sequim, Washington
December 16, 2011

I guess I got a little out of order and posted Dec 21 photos before these I took on Dec 16. No biggie. However, it is a big deal that I am very close to being finished with 2011 photos and moving to the new year. Yeah, I know it’s May. It was a lot of fun taking these photos of the American Wigeons that were at one of the ponds at Carrie Blake Park. I got so carried away I’ll have to post them in two sets. I then have one more photo to share and then that will wrap up 2011 photos.

I think this first set came out pretty good. What do you think?

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/100 sec

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1029
Theler Wetlands
Belfair, Washington
December 21, 2011

This is the last series of photos I took on this date at Theler Wetlands.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/320 sec

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1027
Theler Wetlands
Belfair, Washington
December 21, 2011

Here is a series of various Song Sparrow photos I took at Theler on this date. Don’t forget to click on the photo to get a much larger view.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/400 sec

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1026
Theler Wetlands
Belfair, Washington
December 21, 2011

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/250 sec

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1025
Theler Wetlands
Belfair, Washington
December 21, 2011

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 1000, f/5.6, 1/160 sec

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1023
Santa Cruz, California
November 25, 2011

Here is another photo taken outside our cottage in Santa Cruz. Since the first photo is a frontal view, I’m including a lesser quality photo (due to the bird’s position) so you can see a side-view.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/800 sec

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1022
Santa Cruz, California
November 25, 2011

These photos were taken just outside our cottage in Santa Cruz. I put up a feeder near a Kiwi bush/tree, and it is a favorite place to check out the area before jumping on the feeder.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 300mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec

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1021
West Cliff Drive
Santa Cruz, California
November 22, 2011

This bird holds the reputation of being the worst parent in the bird world. They lay their eggs in the nests of other species and that’s the end of their parental obligation. The species that hatches the egg raises the cow bird until it fledges. Then the bird flies out into the big wide world and searches for others of their species. This is the male of this species, so he does even less, as a parent, than the female.

Nikon D7000, Tamron 70-300 VC zoom at 210mm, ISO 400, f/5.3, 1/500 sec

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