A damp song sparrow taking off from the fountain it had been bathing in. #Firstwingbeat #Birdoftheday #birds #backyard_birds

Sharing is hard for sparrows. #backyard_birds #birds #sparrow

Coots skimming the water. #BirdOfTheDay #Busybirds #birds #RidgefieldNWR

She lacks a certain level of dignity, but she really does enjoy the sunshine #dogs #Maxx

A pied-billed grebe in a marsh at Ridgefield. #BirdoftheDay #Podicipedidae #birds #RigefieldNWR

A rather precarious show of balance by this red-winged blackbird among the grasses and reflective water of a marsh. #BirdoftheDay #texture #blackbird #RidgefieldNWR

This golden-crowned sparrow is showing off all its different patterns. #BirdoftheDay #texture #backyard_birds

A gloriously damp day in the garden. #garden #raindrops

Wilson's phalarope at the water's edge. A new addition to my life list. #birds #phalarope #RidgefieldNWR

Saw more than birds during yesterday's birdwatching trip. Unfortunately, an invasive and disruptive species. But photogenic. #bullfrog #RidgefieldNWR

Not a lot of birds on Carty Lake yesterday, but somewhere there enjoying the lilies. The female Red winged blackbird was hopping about very busy collecting something green. #birds #RidgefieldNWR

Cinnamon teals at Ridgefield yesterday. There were blue-winged teals as well but too far to get a good picture of them. #birds #teal #RidgefieldNWR

A marsh wren trying to get a good view in the tall grass. #birds #wren #RidgefieldNWR

A lot of wood ducks yesterday at the Ridgefield national wildlife Refuge. #birds #wood_duck #RidgefieldNWR

Really trying to get someone's attention with that puffed up chest. #birds #robin #RidgefieldNWR

So fierce. Resting in between bouts of running off crows. #birds #backyard_birds #hummingbird

The peonies are almost done for the season, and I'm going to miss them so much until next year. #garden #peony

Investigating the asparagus blossoms. #birds #backyard_birds #hummingbird

This guy knows how to pose for the camera. #birds #backyard_birds #finch

Went with friends to plant nurseries today, and one of the green houses had two hummingbirds who were in flower heaven. #birds #hummingbird

Really enjoying the bird cam this morning. A female black-headed grosbeak came by, which is the first one I've seen in 2 years and only the second sighting ever. #birds #backyard_birds #grosbeak

First time a brown-headed cowbird has visited my camera feeder. #birds #backyard_birds #cowbird

The dogwood flowering (bracting?) season is over but still somehow lovely on the ground. #garden #dogwood

The blossoms are gone but the hope lives on. #backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird

Maxxie would order the extra firm pillow if she was choosing. #dog #Maxxie

Two sets of Canada geese families hanging out together. One set of goslings is a bit older than the other. #birds #goose #Columbia_river

Birdwatching along the Columbia River. #birds #Columbia_river

Nesting great blue herons. The upper nest hasn't shown signs of young herons, but there are at least two in the lower nest. #birds #heron #Columbia_river

There is an osprey nest on the dock post at our camp spot which has made for wonderful osprey watching. #birds #osprey #Columbia_river

This is a rather blurry phone camera zoom, but I was really excited to see an American kestrel for the first time from my office window today. So beautiful. It was much clearer through the binoculars. It stayed until the much larger and more frequent visiting vulture arrived. #birds #kestrel

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Watched this hummingbird dive at a crow until it gave up and left the fir tree. Then the hummingbird took a perch way, way up to make sure it stayed gone. #birds #backyard_birds #hummingbird

Visiting the last of the lilac blossoms. #backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird

A greater yellowlegs at Ridgefield NWR #birds #BirdofTheDay #longnecks #RidgefieldNWR

Back on the search for sap. #backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird

A female or immature rufous hummingbird, I think? #backyard_birds #birds #hummingbird

This may be my total asparagus harvest. They are young plants. But I'm excited to get to eat some finally. #garden #asparagus

Song sparrows have always seemed to me to be the grumpiest looking sparrows. #BirdofTheDay #restingbeakface #birds

All four letter birds seen in/from my backyard (three yesterday, but I pulled the bald eagle photo from last week.) #BirdOfTheDay #birds #ABCD #backyard_birds

This was an exciting few minutes in the garden - a Cooper's hawk jumped from perch to perch and then hopped around in the bushes for a couple of minutes before flying off. It even waited around long enough for me to get into the house to grab my camera. #Backyard_birds #birds #hawk

I'm not sure what she is missing, but she is definitely pining, complete with heavy sighs. #dog #Maxxie

Four varieties of sparrows in the garden today. #birds #backyard_birds #sparrow

Tree swallows at Ridgefield NWR. #birds #birdoftheday #woodland #RidgefieldNWR

Black-capped chickadee in the Japanese maple. #backyard_birds #birds #chickadee

Clearly doesn't care as he eats flowers that I've looking forward to those blueberries. #birds #backyard_birds #sparrow

Not sure if this is a romance or a gossip session. #crow #birds #backyard_birds

It circled over me while I was in the garden so I'm calling it a backyard bird. #eagle #backyard_bird #birds

Spring is such a joy. #garden #spring

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Today I learned that Anna's hummingbirds sip sap from pine and fir trees. I wondered what it was doing darting back and forth in the tree branch ends. #hummingbird #birds #backyard_birds