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I've heard this sparrow singing a few times lately in my neighbor's red laceleaf Japanese maple, a shrub about as tall as a person, but usually when I try to see them I have no luck or they fly up to the roof when they see me looking for them. This time I found them quickly but of course as I...

Two European starlings in the very top of a tall fir tree, one caught jumping from the skinny top spire to a lower branchlet.

Male rock dove dancing/stepping in a circle to impress a female

"Wild" eastern cottontail in my neighbor's back yard. Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup...

A large juvenile bald eagle flying over my neighborhood with a lone crow constantly on its tail. Not the clearest shot but sharing because I think it does a great job of displaying scale; you look at this and, knowing that's a crow, think, that eagle is one large bird...

An eagle looking unconcerned by nearby presence of two unhappy crows

Crow on a wire looking kinda disreputable (amplified/accentuated by a stiff breeze)

Kinda large skein of Canada geese

Lovey dovey. Rock dove couple being tenderly affectionate late in the afternoon.

Northern flicker on a shed roof, rummaging through tree debris.

Northern Flicker on a shed roof rummaging through tree debris.

Crow foraging among pebbles

Song sparrow on a fence

Song sparrow on a fence.

This male Anna's hummingbird can be counted on to make an appearance on this blackberry branch, fifteen feet from a park bench in a view park on north Beacon Hill.

Bald Eagle looking suitably regal

Anna's hummingbird directly above me on a wire, looking not very colorful on a very gray Seattle winter's day.

Anna's hummingbird after a good snow

Scrub jay (I believe), half hidden in an Asian pear tree

This is another older image, taken on Vashon Island, in the Puget Sound Near Seattle. The rain was just pouring down, but this was too good a shot not to take!

Mt. Rainier: The highest mountain in Washington State, U.S.A., a stratovolcano situated 87 km (54 mi) southeast of Seattle, Washington in the Cascade Range. The broad top contains three peaks. From left to right they are Columbia Crest 4,392 m (14,411 ft), Point Success 4,315 m (14,158 ft) and...

September 27,'08 - Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle WA

A perfect ending to a beautiful day in Seattle WA. Two crows settle in for the night, a rosy glow on their breasts. Sept 27, '08