Hooter is back

Heard the great horned owl in the back yard this last weekend. As usual, I couldn't get a shot of him in the dark, but I did get these shots of a GHO at the Aquarium in Vancouver. This was an injured captive female used for public outreach.







We were in Vancouver for our Honeymoon, Aug. 11-15. These we're taken on the 12th.








































The next day we went on a whale watching boat ride down to Victoria. As we got close to Victoria, we wound through some of the coastal islands. That's where I got these shots of Bald Eagles.












































Those were the most exotic. The most common were the Glaucous-Winged Gull and the American Crow. Pictured below.


































Also saw a female mallard, a mute swan, canada geese, a black-capped chickadee and some common loons. All of which are pictured except the loons as they came out pretty fuzzy.

Best I could do

For some reason, I've had hard times getting decent pix of the birds I'm seeing, especially house finches and Carolina Chickadees. Today for instance, a male house finch was feeding at the sunflower seed feeder and all I could get was a blur. However, I did get those nice ruby throated humming bird photos in that last post.

Here's a female house finch at the thistle feeder July 31.



Here's a chickadee I shot 8-23-07.




Here's some Inca Doves on the phone line about my back yard, shot 8-31-07.

Hummers

Finally got some pictures of hummers in the yard. Been seeing them in numbers over the last month or so as the chicks have matured and are now busy finding stuff to eat. Last year they were at the feeders on the side of the house. Now they seem to like the oriole feeder on the front porch.