Warblers at the house

We don't normally see too many Yellow Rumped Warblers at the house. Today there were about a dozen that stayed all day long. They were in the woods, in the trees near the house, in the bushes in back, in front, you name it and they were there. One even decided to hang out in the shed with Chuck for a while. It took a bit before she found her way out.

Grays Harbor and Ocean Springs Weekend

We picked the best weekend of the year to go to Grays harbor and Ocean Springs Washington.

I think every clam digger was out there on Saturday!

 A line of cars and people in every direction - filled with clam diggers - except us.

 Semipalmated plovers with a long billed dowitcher

 Plovers and sandpipers flying in

 Too cute.

 It was nice seeing them hang out together.

 This little plover wanted to know what I was up to.

 This one is the shortbilled Dowitcher - can he put his head any further into the sand? - Yes he can!

 Western Sandpiper

 She finally got some lunch!

Spring and Birds - once again we can get outside

 Chestnut backed chickadee

 There were three types of wood peckers in the yard today.

Downy woodpecker, a couple red-breasted sapsuckers, and a few northern flickers.

 The downy was the cutest one.

The golden crowned kinglet with his dinner.

Coyotes are out during the day!

I saw three coyotes in the backyard last weekend.

This little deer came right up to the window to see what was in the house.

We went to Ridgefield and did the "bird whisper" and this kestrel came to see what we were doing.

Hawks...

We always have a resident red-tail hawk that lives in the woods. This year there were at least two juveniles. For the last few weeks we have been listening to the young screeching for their mother. I am thinking it is their call when she is out hunting for their food or just because they can!

One is so vocal we have named her/him Crybaby. 

The first picture is of the adult.

Now you can see the difference of the juvenile. He does not have the red-tail or other colorings yet.

This adult is so good....she has two mice...one in her mouth and one in her talons. She probably didn't want to listen to Crybaby either.

Crybaby saw mom catch the mouse and came screeching right over.

Coyote Summer

The coyotes have arrived. There are seven pups that have been playing in the field for a few weeks now. I saw them chasing each other and Chuck said one had a sock the other day. Well yesterday,,,, I saw two of them with something that looked like a sock. One was some kind of material and the other was a mole that they caught. This pup was running around with the mole and throwing it in the air.

I got this shot just by chance!

Playtime!

All seven in one shot!

Mom coyote keeps a close watch whenever she is around!

Rocky Butte

What a great day to get outside!

A young bald eagle.

Brown Creeper came up close to us to see what he could find on this tree.

The bushtit was jumping around so much we barely got his picture.

The chestnut backed chickadee.

Mt Hood was quite a site from the top of the butte.