Reifel Bird Sanctuary

Duck!

A female mallard got up on the railing on one of the viewing platforms when we were at Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, and it was too close to shoot with my telephoto lens. So I took a bunch of photos of it with my iPhone. They turned out pretty good. The duck was very photogenic.

I’ll post more pics from the birding shenanigans soon™.

Quack, quack.

Reifel Bird Sanctuary and Brunswick Point photos

A few photos from both locations. Reifel was sunny but in the morning was cool, hinting at the eventual fall weather to come. By midday, it was back to feeling summer-like, though.

Meta photo of me taking a photo of Nic taking a photo of a duck, with both our shadows visible.
House finch enjoying some berries.
Some of the 50 billion snow geese that have migrated in for the winter.
Chickadee looking criminally cute.
Bald Eagle at Brunswick Point.

Reifel Bird Sanctuary, September 11, 2022

The smoke haze of yesterday was still present, but eased up a bit, affording us decent light for our bird outing. Here are a few shots.

Greater yellowlegs and friends
Pretty boy.
Chickadee resting for a few moments

Others were out grabbing shots. You can see the smoke haze in this photo.

Big boat, little boat, from Deas Island. Again, the smoke haze has made the sky white instead of blue.

Reifel Bird Sanctuary, June 4, 2022

In which the weather, which called for light showers, turned out to remain dry and the sun even came out for a bit. Nice!

Here are a few pics from the day.

This sandhill crane was maybe getting territorial when some geese got too close, and started freaking out a bit and doing a funky dance.

Baby duck being adorably cute.

A rare turtle sighting. It then had the clever idea to climb over the log and promptly flipped itself upside down. Nic turned it right side up, and it made it safely into the water.

My first shot of an American goldfinch.

My first shot of the elusive marsh wren.