Category Archives: ornithology

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #123 ~ Found In the Neighborhood ~

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Looking out across 24 acres of dune-meadow-wetland, I am greeted by banks of clouds billowing in from the Pacific Ocean. Shorebirds were migrating through last week. Several hundred sanderling, plovers and sandpipers, feasted and rested at ebb tide Friday, November … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Maybe Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch ~

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Beach Critters & Birds ~

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

Posted in Birding, birds, bugs & critters, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, Report from the Edge of a Continent, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged birds, bugs & critters, Long Beach Peninsula, ornithology, Wordless Wednesday | 8 Comments

~ Wordless Wednesday ~ American Crow ~

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Corvus brachyrbynchos Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

Posted in Birding, birds, nature photography, ornithology, pacific ocean, photography, Report from the Edge of a Continent, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged American Crow, Birding, birds, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, ornithology, pacific ocean, Wordless Wednesday | 2 Comments

~ Report from the Edge of a Continent ~ Brown Pelicans Return ~

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

A colony of about 100 Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) were gathered along the shoreline when Jello and I took our morning walk, September 14, 2020. What a joy to watch them flying above the waves, swimming in the splash and swash … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, birds, Black and White Photos, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific ocean, photography, Report from the Edge of a Continent | Tagged Birding, birds, brown pelican, Long Beach Peninsula, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific ocean, photography | 3 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 114: Negative Spaces ~

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

I love wide open spaces. In photography the absence of distractions makes the subject POP, sometimes creating a sense of calm and peace, and other times providing space for visual drama. Juvenile Western Gull (Larus Occidentals) scavenges the shoreline, Long … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Fledgling Song Sparrow Bath ~

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

Posted in Birding, birds, landscape gardening, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, photography, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged bird, bird gardens, Birding, landscape gardening, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, Wordless Wednesday | 2 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #108 ~ Sanctuary ~

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Over the course of 35 years nurturing the flora of my back yard, it has become a bird sanctuary. Tall trees, medium shrubs and ground cover provide safe haven for Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Bushtits, Oregon Junco, Spotted Towhee, Bewick … Continue reading →