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

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

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~ Tuesday Two by Two + WPC – Extraordinary ~

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.”

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~ Sunday Sailors ~ Birds in the Bay ~

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

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

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.”

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Happy Place ~

  My Happy Place starts the moment I arrive at the Anacortes Ferry landing. The weather was nice and I had time to explore and take some photos. Once I am on the deck of Cabin 1, Beach Haven, Orcas … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Happy Place 3 ~

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”

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~ Friday Flyers ~

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

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

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

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

 — 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

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~ A Bushel of Bushtit ~ Friday Flyers ~

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

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