Posted on May 28, 2021
by Linda
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I love American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus). They have a beautiful orange bill and orange eyes on a black and white body. They have a distinctive call that I have been hearing over the marsh behind our house over the last several weeks. I figured… Continue Reading “American Oystercatcher Chicks”
Category: wildlifeTags: accipter cooperii, american oystercatcher, american oystercatcher chicks, Cooper's Hawk, eastern gray squirrel, haematopus palliatus, intracoastal waterway, oyster rakes, sciurus carolinensis, tolomato river, Where's Dart
Posted on December 12, 2020
by Linda
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Today I went with a couple friends to kayak on the Guana River. We left from the boat launch at the dam a little after 9:00 in the morning. The tide was going out, so we had an easy outward run. There was no… Continue Reading “Kayaking the Guana River”
Category: wildlifeTags: american oystercatcher, ardea alba, ardeas herodius, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, guana river, haematopus palliatus, kayaking guana river, phalacrocorax auritus, tringa semipalmata, Willet
Posted on October 8, 2020
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We recently returned from camping several days in Cedar Key, Florida. We stayed at our favorite location – Low Key Hideway. They have about 10 campsites and all located on the water. There is a small hotel and a Tiki Bar and it is… Continue Reading “Cedar Key”
Category: UncategorizedTags: american oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, Brown Pelican, cedar key, coastal sunset, dart, eudocimus albus, haematopus palliatus, numenius phaeopus, oyster bar, pelecanus occidentalis, platalea ajaja, pluvialis squatarola, Roseate Spoonbill, Shorebirds, shorebirds feeding, shorebirds feeding video, sunset over cedar key, tringa semipalmata, whimbrel, white ibis, Willet
Posted on July 5, 2020
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We particularly enjoy watching the otters while camped on the shores of Puget Sound. We saw them several times while camped on Bainbridge Island and we see them regularly here in Port Townsend. They appear to be very successful catching fish. We often see… Continue Reading “River Otters”
Category: travel, wildlifeTags: barn swallow gathering nesting material in point hudson, belted kingfisher at point hudson, black oystercatcher at Point Hudson, chestnut-backed chickadee in point hudson, haematopus palliatus, haemorhous mexicanus, hirundo rustica, house finch at point hudson, Lontra canadensis, megaceryle alcyon, poecile rufescens, river otters at point hudson
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