As the title says. This one is a mix of bugs, birds, and scenery, with a few horses thrown in.
Original post here.
One more clutch of Barn Swallow babies before migration.
A barn swallow yawning. Or screaming? Scream yawning.
Barn Swallow sitting pretty.
A bumblebee getting its pollen on.
Honeybee in zany portrait format.
Pollen is life.
A very shiny blue wasp grooming itself.
The Black-capped Chickadees are appearing more.
A Cooper's Hawk lands on the trail ahead of us. Very odd.
The Cooper's Hawk then sought shade. Not odd at all!
A Sandhill Crane getting its feathers ruffled by the breeze.
Sandhill Crane snoozing in the grass.
A damselfly hanging out on a leaf.
Collared Dove in a tree, its red eye shining in the sun.
A dragonfly hanging out.
A bearded Mallard.
A House Sparrow drinks.
A Canada Goose eats, table manners optional.
Canada Geese flying through the heat haze.
One of several geese flying overhead, caught mostly in silhouette.
Grasshopper showing off its boss-level camo.
A Northern Harrier on the hunt, with the marshland, mountains, and strait in the backdrop.
A Great Blue Heron flies by.
A Great Blue Heron stalking fishies.
I'm not sure if the heron was swallowing or celebrating its catch.
House Sparrow on a fence.
House Sparrow having just gobbled a seed and wanting more.
A distant shot of a Belted Kingfisher, still clearly showing its weird fake eye.
Marshland scenery.
More marshland scenery.
A Mallard in shadow.
A Woodland Skipper pausing on dry grass.
Another Woodland Skipper, showing off its proboscis.
Snoozing Mallard.
Ducks on a log.
The best action shot I got of a swallow.
I kind of like this silhouette of a swallow, it looks as fast as it is.
A scruffy young Yellow-rumped Warbler.
The Yellow-rumped Warbler somehow looking even scruffier.
A pair of Greater Yellowlegs looking for snacks in one of the shallow ponds at Reifel.
Boundary Bay, looking toward the U.S., mostly absent of water at low tide.
A Sand Wasp on a tansy.
Horses, people, and a dog on the mudflats at Boundary Bay.
A Cedar Waxwing near the beach at Boundary Bay.