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  1. Staredown at the oyster bed

    Staredown at the oyster bed

    • Larsjen
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    • bald eagle washington
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  2. Yellow -rumped Warbler

    Yellow -rumped Warbler

    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata) “Myrtle Warbler".
    • Stanley Jones
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    • myrtle warbler setophaga coronata coronata texas usa washington washington county washington-on-the-brazos state historic site yellow-rumped warbler
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  3. Eastern Bluebird, Male

    Eastern Bluebird, Male

    Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis) male.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • eastern bluebird sialia sialis sialis texas usa washington washington county washington-on-the-brazos state historic site
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  4. Piliated Woodpecker-6620.jpg

    Piliated Woodpecker-6620.jpg

    Pileated Woodpecker climbing a tree trunk
    • ilikebirds-124
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    • pacific northwest pileated washington woodpecker
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  5. Osprey series 2/3

    Osprey series 2/3

    Osprey leaving its perch 2/3
    • cynthetic
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    • osprey pandion haliaetus washington
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  6. Green-winged Teal (American)

    Green-winged Teal (American)

    A female Green-winged Teal preens herself while standing on a submerged perch.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • anas crecca chase lake green-winged teal snohomish county teal washington
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  7. Song Sparrow in Osoberry

    Song Sparrow in Osoberry

    Perched in a blooming osoberry shrub (Oemleria cerasiformis). Osoberry is the first native shrub to open and bloom in spring here in coastal Washington state.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • lake ballinger melospiza melodia mountlake terrace song sparrow washington
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  8. Bluebills (Lesser Scaup)

    Bluebills (Lesser Scaup)

    Two pair of Lesser Scaups swim by on Lake Union in the middle of downtown Seattle.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • aythya affinis lake union lesser scaup seattle washington
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  9. Anna's Hummingbird

    Anna's Hummingbird

    Male Anna's. The Anna's stay with us all winter, likely because people provide hummingbird feeders all through the winter. Some people have feeders that are heated to keep the sugar water from freezing during cold spells.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • anna's humingbird edmonds edmonds marsh hummingbird washington
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  10. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Chestnut-backed Chickadee

    Here at our feeder taking black oil sunflower seeds. At the edge of a large wooded area of western hemlock, western redcedar, and Douglas fir.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • chestnut-backed chickadee chickadee nikkor z 24-200 mm nikon z5 pnw poecile rufescens washington
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  11. Killdeer

    Killdeer

    Foraging along a Puget Sound wave-tossed beach on a windy day.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • charadrius vociferus edmonds killdeer puget sound salish sea washington
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  12. Pelagic Cormorant

    Pelagic Cormorant

    Foraging around the Edmonds fishing pier.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • cormorant edmonds pelagic cormorant phalacrocorax pelagicus puget sound salish sea shag washington
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  13. Dunlin Trifecta

    Dunlin Trifecta

    Within a small flock including Black Turnstone and Sanderling on the beach facing Semiahmoo Bay and Strait of Georgia.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • calidris alpina dunlin nikon z5 semiahmoo spit washington
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  14. Black Turnstone

    Black Turnstone

    Within a small flock including Dunlin and Sanderling on the beach facing Semiahmoo Bay and Strait of Georgia.
    • SnoHoCo
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    • arenaria melanocephala black turnstone nikon z5 semiahmoo spit washington
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  15. Black Oystercatcher

    Black Oystercatcher

    • SnoHoCo
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    • black oystercatcher haematopus bachmani semiahmoo spit washington
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  16. G

    Where can I see owls?

    Hello! I'm a relatively new birder from King County, Washington in the US. Last night my husband and I went out in search of owls in our woods, and it was a pretty magical experience. We saw two Barred Owls in the woods. From the calls it sounded like they were juveniles. Anyway, now I'm on a...
  17. Glaucous-winged gull leaving the park after lazing on the ground for a longish time

    Glaucous-winged gull leaving the park after lazing on the ground for a longish time

    I saw several gulls this morning in the park. As many as seven to nine of them left not long after I arrived, but three were for quite some time contentedly lounging on a low concrete feature near the soccer fields. Later I saw motion and turned to realize they'd decided finally to move on.
    • vingio54
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    • flight glaucous-winged gull larus glaucescens seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  18. Caspian tern flying west with a fish

    Caspian tern flying west with a fish

    Once again I've made a somewhat poor photo of a Caspian tern and realized upon examination that the bird is carrying a fish in their bill. How do they know not to get close enough for a better shot when they have food?
    • vingio54
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    • caspian tern flight hydroprogne caspia seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  19. Caspian tern flying east

    Caspian tern flying east

    I saw at least two and possibly as many as four Caspian terns early today in the park; two times I saw birds flying east and two times going west. Each time I saw only one bird at a time, with at least a few minutes between sightings. Quite possible I saw the same two birds twice. They were...
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • caspian tern flight hydroprogne caspia seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  20. Curlew in flight

    Curlew in flight

    Sharing a couple more shots of the long-billed curlew from three days ago, slightly clearer for identification purposes. In this photo the curlew is flying to another area of the park in hopes of escaping harassment by angry crows.
    • vingio54
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    • flight long-billed curlew numenius americanus seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  21. American robin with muddy beak

    American robin with muddy beak

    Saw a number of robins early yesterday morning catching earthworms; should perhaps have made a video.
    • vingio54
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    • american robin seattle turdus migratorius usa washington
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  22. Caspian tern flying east over the park on a day of ever increasing cloudiness

    Caspian tern flying east over the park on a day of ever increasing cloudiness

    I specified the direction because I saw very possibly this same bird flying the opposite direction about 24 minutes later carrying what looked like about a 6 to 7 inch (15 to 18 cm) fish. I would have much preferred to share that photo but it's even worse than this one (please bear with this...
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • caspian tern hydroprogne caspia seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  23. House sparrow singing like mad until the neighbor showed up...

    House sparrow singing like mad until the neighbor showed up...

    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...
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • house sparrow passer domesticus seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  24. Starling hopping from tippy top to a lower branch

    Starling hopping from tippy top to a lower branch

    Two European starlings in the very top of a tall fir tree, one caught jumping from the skinny top spire to a lower branchlet.
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • seattle starling sturnus vulgaris usa washington
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  25. Male rock dove a'courtin'

    Male rock dove a'courtin'

    Male rock dove dancing/stepping in a circle to impress a female
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • columba livia mating rock dove seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
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