Category Archives: ornithology

~ Friday Flyers ~ Cormorant vs. Mew Gulls ~ WPC – (Extra)ordinary ~

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Last Tuesday I posted shots of two Double-crested Cormorants — one perched on a buoy, and the other floating by on a piece of driftwood. Today I offer the prelude to that sequence. A small colony of Mew Gulls floated … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, weekly photo challenge | Tagged birds, Friday Flyers, nature, outdoors, postaday, san juan islands, weekly photo challenge | Leave a comment

~ Tuesday Two by Two + WPC – Extraordinary ~

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Two Double-crested Cormorant — one stationary — the other adrift on the tide, passing with postures, and silhouettes. In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

Posted in birds, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest, weekly photo challenge | Tagged birds, nature, outdoors, postaday, san juan islands, weekly photo challenge | 2 Comments

~ Sunday Sailors ~ Birds in the Bay ~

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

This pair of Harlequin Ducks worked the shoreline right in front of the deck at cabin 1. After sundown, a pair of Pacific Loons appeared with an escort — a Herring Gull. The gull floated on the surface, unfazed and … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest, pacific ocean | Tagged birds, outdoors, postaday, san juan islands | 2 Comments

~ Friday Flyers in my Happy Place ~ WPC – 5 ~

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

If it’s in the air (or can get there on its own!) and it’s from nature, it’s a Friday Flyer! In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”

~ Friday Flyers ~

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Getting away to sleep, think, dream, listen, talk, write, read, take photos and draw for a week or so. When I do post, it will be live from Cabin #1, Beach Haven, Orcas Island, WA – USA

Posted in birds, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest | Tagged birds, nature, outdoors, postaday, san juan islands | 2 Comments

~ Friday Flyers – Goldfinch on the Wing ~ WPC – Change 7 ~

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

American Goldfinch are migrating through our region now. They gather in trees and shrubs, calling out to brothers and sisters still on the wing. In raucous harmony they announce; “plenty of room here, and good eats too!” As the lovely … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, flowers, landscape gardening, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest, weekly photo challenge | Tagged birds, Friday Flyers, landscape gardening, nature, outdoors, postaday, weekly photo challenge | 4 Comments

~ Silent Stilt Watcher ~ Friday Flyers ~ Great Blue Heron ~

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

— motionless at waters edge — — slender beak cocked and ready — — sharp eyes pierce the surface — — flash splash! — fish in the gullet — my seventh in response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest, weekly photo challenge | Tagged birds, nature, outdoors, postaday, san juan islands, weekly photo challenge | 1 Comment

~ A Bushel of Bushtit ~ Friday Flyers ~

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Be it bird, bug, butterfly, leaf, seed or cloud – if it is something from nature that’s in the air, it’s a Friday Flyer! Perhaps because they are so small, Psaltriparus minimus always arrive in a crowd of family and … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, landscape gardening, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest | Tagged birds, Friday Flyers, landscape gardening, nature, outdoors, postaday | 1 Comment

~ Dove Soft ~ Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge ~ The Sense of Touch ~

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

I love everything about Mourning Doves; the cooing call from which they derive their name, their monogamous mating, curiosity and carefulness. Watching this dove fluff and preen delights my sense of the softness of feathers.

Posted in birds, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, landscape gardening, nature, ornithology, outdoors, pacific northwest | Tagged birds, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, landscape gardening, nature, outdoors, postaday | 3 Comments

~ Raising Crows ~

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

For the past few years we have had a pair of crows nesting in or near our yard. The process of raising their fledgling continues long after the young bird has left its nest. For days on end, while it … Continue reading →