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House Sparrow – Passer domesticus & House Finch – Carpodacus mexicanus
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Ediz Hook – Port Angeles, Washington
January 27, 2007
After leaving Dungeness Spit because there were just too many people for photography, we headed to Port Angeles to check out another spit called Ediz Hook. We didn’t see much there except for a bunch of House Sparrows and House Finches.
Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 500mm, 1/320 sec, Manfrotto tripod
Glaucous-winged Gull – Larus glaucescens
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Olympic Peninsula, Bluff near Dungeness Spit
January 27, 2007
While I was trying to get a shot of the Black Scoter from high on the bluff, this gull stuck his head up to see what was going on. I took a quick little peak-a-boo shot.
Nikon P4, Nikon Fieldscope 82mm ED, 30x WA eyepiece, Manfrotto tripod
Black Scoter – Melanitta nigra
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Olympic Peninsula
Bluff near Dungeness Spit
January 27, 2007
This shot is really stretching the limits of my digiscope. We were high on a bluff looking down at the water. I kept this shot because this is the first Black Scoter I’ve seen on the west coast. I saw them in Maine at Christmas, but I wanted to document this find. We saw 3 types of scoters in this one spot – Surf, White-winged, and the Black.
Nikon P4, Nikon Fieldscope 82mm ED, 30x WA eyepiece, Manfrotto tripod
Elk Herd – Olympic Peninsula
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Near Dungeness Spit
January 27, 2007
On the way out to Dungeness Spit for some birding, we saw this herd of elk in a farmer’s field. Of course, we had to stop and take a few photos. They were not very close, so I had to use the digiscope.
Nikon P4, Nikon Fieldscope 82mm ED, 30x WA eyepiece, Manfrotto tripod
Barrow’s Goldeneye – Bucephala islandica
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Port Orchard, Washington
January 15, 2007
This is the male and female together. They look quite different; the male, of course, being the more beautiful of the two. Now if God often made the male of many species better looking than the female, would it go to reason that…. Never mind. My wife just came in the room.
Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 270mm, 1/250 sec, Manfrotto tripod
Barrow’s Goldeneye – Bucephala islandica
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Port Orchard, Washington
January 15, 2007
The water was so smooth for this photo. I think it was taken between a marina and the shore. This is a male. I have nine photos I’d like to show you. I’ll split them up in sets of three. All photos are of males, with one exception where I have a male and female swimming together.
Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 440mm, 1/160 sec, Manfrotto tripod
