Two greats sharing a canal: egret and blue heron #birds #heron #egret #Ridgefieldnwr

Swans in flight were today's birding highlight. #birds #Ridgefieldnwr #tundra_swan

Time to melt the bird bath. #backyard_birds

The weekend's backyard bird list: Dark-eyed juncos Anna's hummingbird Chestnut backed chickadees Black-capped chickadees Crows Spotted towhee Ruby-crowned kinglet House finches Song sparrows Golden-crowned sparrows Lesser goldfinches Bushtits Red-tailed hawk _?_ Gull #backyard_birds #birds

I don't see kinglets in the backyard very often - I think this is only the third time. #backyard_birds #birds #kinglet

Resting in between bouts of running off sparrows and finches. #backyard_birds #hummingbird #birds

I really love visiting the ocean in winter. #oregon_coast

Bird sightings at the Oregon coast. #oregon_coast #birds

Photoshoot for its portfolio. #DepoeBay #western_gull #birds

Apparently there is a gull convention in town.

Putting away the Christmas tree this year is less of a chore than it usually is. #holidays

A year in temp highs and low. Max was 102° and low was 26°. #crossstitch #temperature

The first bird sighting of 2026 was a dark-headed junco.

Plotting out a feeder raid. #backyard_birds #birds #nuthatch

New bird for my life list - red-breasted sapsucker, seen on a walk on Sauvie Island. #birds #red-breasted_sapsucker #Sauvie_Island

Song sparrows look perfectly pleasant in profile, and utterly grumpy face-on. #backyard_birds #song_sparrow #birds

Chrismukkah at our house means playing the super dreidel game. #Chrismukkah

The dogs have embraced the lazy Sunday mood. #dogs #Theo #Maxx

Golden crowned sparrows in the lawn. #backyard_birds #birds

Theo and I went out to inspect the damage from the late night wind. Only tree litter in our path, but I could hear chainsaws in the distance, and a friend of my son sent an early morning pic from my usual route to work. #wind_storm #Theo

An unexpected day off from work - school cancelled due to power outages and road debris after wee hours wind storm. #no_school #knitting

A northern flicker drinking from water pooling in the crook of the maple branches. #backyard_birds #birds #flicker

The sunshine is being enjoyed by everyone today. #backyard_birds #birds

Pretty much the entire West Coast on flood watch from Canada to the Oregon/California border, and the birds are getting a bit damp in the downpour. #backyard_birds #birds #house_finch

It's wild how the color shifts depending on the angle. #backyard_birds #birds #anna's_hummingbird

Today's office view was of crows trying to drive away a red-tailed hawk. #office_birds #birds #crow #hawk

Not yet four-and-twenty blackbirds, but more kept arriving, so it may have gotten to that - I had to head to class before I could find out. #redwing_blackbirds #birds

Great blue heron at Ridgefield NWR. #headshot #birdoftheday #birds #BOTD

Also spotted on our walk along the end of the lake were a young Cooper's hawk, and a bald eagle that soared in, scaring away the ducks and then perching in a tree. #birds #bald_eagle #cooper's_hawk

Water birds spotted along the end of Lake Union in Seattle on a very damp, gray walk. #birds #grebe #heron #gadwall #shoveler

The bird bath visitors yesterday afternoon. #backyard_birds #birds #sparrow #chickadee

Anyone know what this bird might be? A sparrow variation I haven't seen before. The others in the yard were song sparrows and Golden crowned sparrows. #birds #backyard_birds

A mini-murder of crows. #crows #birds #work_birds

New bird cam is up and full of finches. #birds #birdcam

Bewick's wrens don't visit the backyard very often. Love to see them! #backyard_birds #birds #Bewick's_wren

My weirdo dog was particularly herself today. #dog #Maxxie

Two different pied-billed grebes, one more willing to be seen than the other. #ridgefieldNWR #grebe #birds

A hooded merganser, a tree frog, a golden-crowned kinglet, and a great blue heron among the sightings at Ridgefield NWR today. #RidgefieldNWR #birds #frog

Back and Ridgefield NWR, where the sandhill cranes were numerous, loud, and feisty. #Ridgefieldnwr #sandhill_crane #birds

Hanging at the tiptop of the persimmon tree - looking for a good hiding place for the sunflower seed? #backyard_birds #birds

Seems too cold for an actual bath today, but there were a few birds checking out the possibilities. #backyard_birds #birds

When we finally stopped working in the garden and disturbing them, the local birds were happy to come back. #backyard_birds #birds

Watched a red-tailed hawk enduring a blustery wind in the snag outside the office, until an angry crow chased it off. #birds #crow #hawk

I like my birds to match the foliage. #backyard_birds #birds #house_finch

My neighbor's tree is putting in some real autumn effort. #fall #foliage

Coming in from the car past some lovely leaves. #fall #foliage

Getting ready for the influx. They'd better hurry - rain is due soon. #Halloween

The geese aren't quite there yet in organizing their V shapes for migration. They also flew by a few minutes later in the opposite direction so they may be a little directionally challenged at the moment too. #migration #birds #geese

Today at the camera feeder: house finches, steller's jays, a northern flicker, son sparrows, lesser goldfinches, black-capped chickadees, and this dark-eyed junco. #birds #backyard_birds #junco

Sights on the drive home - some lovely fall foliage and the realization that Halloween probably is Shrek's favorite holiday. #fall