Sunrise at Baskett Slough NWR |
Cackling Geese flocks at Baskett Slough NWR |
First glimpse of the Pacific Ocean... somewhat touristy when I saw the ocean, but beautiful nonetheless! |
Caspian Tern |
Canada Goose |
Brown Pelicans |
Black Oystercatchers |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Brandt's Coromorants |
Ocean view |
Violet-green Swallows |
California Ground Squirrel |
Pigeon Guillemot (right) landing near Surf Scoter (left) |
Black Turnstone |
Harbor Seal in tide pool |
Goby in a tide pool! |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Millipede |
Bald Eagles |
Bald Eagle... coming in for a landing |
Pigeon Guillemots |
Pigeon Guillemots with Black Oystercatchers (left) and Pelagic Cormorant (right) |
Common Murres |
Common Murres |
Harlequin Ducks |
Harbor Seals with Harlequin Duck pair (bottom) |
Adult Western Gull |
Common Murres with some Brandt's Cormorants |
Common Murres out at sea |
Common Murres atop the large outcropping |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Bald Eagle... never stop scanning for raptors :) |
Ocean Coast |
Moss |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
Raccoon, coming down the tree |
You looin' at me? |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Western Gull |
Western Gull |
Brown Pelican |
Outcropping peak, seen from Point Blanco State Park |
Pacific Loons in breeding plumage!! |
Point Blanco State Park Lighthouse (sunrise) |
Point Blanco SP |
Ocean, seen from Point Blanco SP |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
Wrentit |
Brown Pelicans flying around the waves |
Black Turnstone taking off! |
Black Turnstones landing on rocks with Surfbirds (left) |
Song Sparrow! |
Song Sparrow! |
Waves crashing through the channels under the seabird-nesting rock |
Black Oystercatcher |
Sea Anemones |
Sea Anemones |
Pelagic Cormorant |
Surf Scoter |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Brant |
Bandon Lighthouse (at the Jetty) |
Western Gull |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Western Gull |
Double-crested Cormorant... building a nest |
Pelagic Cormorant |
Black Oystercatchers |
Western Gull |
Glaucous-winged Gull, in flight (same individual as before) |
Glaucous-winged Gull, in flight (same individual as before) |
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Beautiful Western Gull |
Western Gull (2nd cycle) |
Western Gull (2nd cycle) |
Common Loon |
Caspian Tern with a fish!! |
Caspian Tern |
Black Oystercatchers |
Ocean waves |
Ocean waves, with striking colors! |
Crash! |
Crash! The tide is slowly coming in when this photo was taken. |
Sunset on the Pacific Ocean |
campfire - what's missing?... |
S'mores! |
Sign at Bulling's Campground |
California Quail! |
2 Loons Cafe |
Mocha from the 2 Loons Cafe |
Brant |
Oregon Island NWR sign... my favorite spot to birdwatch and chat with other birdwatchers along the Pacific Ocean |
Savannah Sparrows |
Oregon Swallowtail (Papilio oregonius) |
Rock outcroppings in Bandon |
Bald Eagle |
Western Sandpipers! |
Peregrine Falcon |
Peregrine Falcon |
Harbor Seals |
Oregon Iris (Iris tenax) |
Salal (Gaultheria shallon) |
Interesting sign |
Self-righting historic rescue boat on display |
Crabbing cages? |
Common Loon I rescued |
Common Loon I rescued |
Brown Pelicans |
Adult Glaucous-winged Gull |
Caspian Terns migrating through! |
Harbor Seal |
Rocky outcroppings with Murres, Cormorants Guillemots, Gulls, and Oystercatchers galore! |
Western Gull (2nd cycle) |
Pigeon Guillemot in flight |
My tent without the rain tarp |
My tent with the rain tarp on |
My tent's raint arp ventilation |
My pelagic-birdwatching-tool :) |
Outcropping peak, seen from Point Blanco State Park (sunrise) |
Point Blanco State Park Lighthouse (sunrise) |
White-crowned Sparrow at sunrise! |
View from Point Blanco again |
Inland 'pool' just a short walk uphill from the ocean |
View from Point Blanco State Park |
Cliff Swallow |
Flock of Western Sandpipers! |
View from Port Orford Beach |
Pair of Pigeon Guillemot |
Rescue Chopper |
Bandon Marsh |
Turkey Vulture |
Canada Geese |
Saltmarsh vegetation |
Kelp among the grasses in the saltmarsh |
Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) |
Collection of water in stump remnants inside saltmarsh |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee in Sitka Spruce |
Band-tailed Pigeon |
Steller's Jay |
Steller's Jay |
American Robin (female) |
South Slough National Estuarine Reserve |
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) |
View of the South Slough...very cool environment! |
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) |
Steller Sea Lion and California Sea Lion |
View from Cape Arago State Park |
View from Cape Arago State Park |
Many Steller Sea Lions and California Sea Lions |
Sea Lion and Seal sign |
Digiscoped Steller Sea Lions and California Sea Lions |
View from Cape Arago State Park |
Osprey with a meal for the kids! |
Another Osprey carrying food |
Whimbrel |
Solitary Sandpiper... uncommon find for western Oregon |
My birding machine :) |
Salmonberry |
Pacific Bleeding Hearts |
Western Gull, tail-view |
Pacific Loons |
Pacific Loons |
Western Gull |
Long-billed Curlew |
Banana Slug and Millipede at the Oregon Redwoods campgsite where I slept |
Redwood trail... I hiked this by the time 8:30am came around :) |
Varied Thrush - with an amazingly beautiful song |
Cut end of a Redwood, providing habitat for a fern, spiders, moss, and more! |
Redwoods! |
Moss on the bottom of the Redwood forest |
Redwoods! |
Within the Redwood Forest |
Brant |
Black Oystercatcher |
Seastars during low tide |
Pigeon Guillemot |
Pigeon Guillemot |
Western Gull... relaxing human-style |
Brant |
Brant |
Brant in front of Bandon Lighthouse |
Peregrine Falcon flying beyond the American Flag |
View from Coquille Point... my favorite spot along the coast |
Elephant Rock |
Anemones! |
Close-up of anemones |
Kelp and what looks to be some 'sea lichens' during negative tide |
Barnacles exposed during negative tide |
Negative tide exposes a normally-hidden, beautiful world |
Seastars and closed-up anemones during negative tide |
Exposed ocean-dwelling plants during negative tide |
Coast Guard |
Tufted Puffin, flying around to the cavity! |
Tufted Puffin pair... they excavated that burrow!! |
Aww, Puffin love |
Streeeetch of the wings |
Puffin, coming out from a nap... to nap outside with the mate! |
Pair of puffins |
Amazing freinds I met at Bandon |
Brewer's Blackbird (male) |
Herring Gull, potential for first-cycle Vega Herring Gull |
Herring Gull, potential for first-cycle Vega Herring Gull |
Herring Gull, potential for first-cycle Vega Herring Gull (stretching) next to Western Gull |
Herring Gull, potential for first-cycle Vega Herring Gull (stretching) next to Western Gull |
Herring Gull (center and right), Western Gull (left). Herring Gull of interest (middle) |
Western Gulls, getting ready for some courtship. |
Time for the Western Gull to make a nest! |
Gotta work hard to find the nesting material |
Look what the gull has for the nest! |
Whimbrel |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee at its cavity |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee at its cavity |
Spotted Towhee |
Osprey |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Surf Scoters |
Harlequin Ducks |
Afternoon Ocean |
Ocean |
Scanning for pelagic-dwelling birds! |
American Crow (note the small size of this bird) |
Dave Irons - amazing birdwatcher/photographer from Oregon |
Waterfall along the drive up to Mary's Peak |
Noble Fir atop Mary's Peak |
Noble Fir atop Mary's Peak |
American Crow flying through fog at 4000ft |
Hardy plants on the windswept hills of Mary's Peak |
My tent at Mary's Peak campsite |
Blue Grouse |
Newport Lighthouse |
Common Murres |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
American Crow |
Song Sparrow |
Savannah Sparrow |
Vetch |
Turkey Vulture along the beach, feeding on a sea lion |
Flowers |
Lupine |
Cedar Waxwing |
Rufous Hummingbird |
Peregrine Falcon |
American Crow, mobbing Common Raven carrying nestling crow |
American Crow mobbing Bald Eagle |
Brant |
Long-billed Curlew |
Long-billed Curlew |
American Goldfinches and House Finch |
Black-headed Grosbeak. You lookin' at me, Chickadee? |
European Starling young, waiting for some food from the birdfeeder |
Blue Grosbeak (my first) and female Brown-headed Cowbird |
California Poppy |
Birdwatching hotspot in Newport! |
Rogue Beer Truck |
Rogue Brewery... their beer is absolutely delicious! |
Pacific Loon or Arctic Loon |
Pacific Loon or Arctic Loon |
Pacific Loon or Arctic Loon |
California Gulls and Western Gulls! |
California Gull (left), Glaucous-winged Gull (center), Western Gull (right) |
California Gull |
California Gull (left) and Western Gull (right) |