Violet-green Swallow 0729

I found hundreds of swallows swarming over the Nisqually River backwaters. Barn swallows mixed with these violet-green swallows I had never seen before. It was a rainbow of beautiful colors dashing about a foot above the water feasting on newly hatched insects.

Pied-billed Grebe

Belted Kingfisher 07808

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) female

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Scrub jay

Snow Geese Migration Flock

Snow geese migration

Ross' Goose Stretching

Ross's Goose (Chen rossii or Anser rossii)

Snow Geese Migrating Against an Almost Full Moon Backdrop

Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens)

Ravens 3615

Marbled Godwit 2394

Northern Flicker 0941

American Robin 7391

Dark-eyed Junco 2670

Dark-eyed Juncos are common backyard birds year around in Gig Harbor, WA

Spotted Towhee 3740

Common backyard bird year around in Gig Harbor, WA

Tundra Swans

Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) muddy from feeding in the rice fields in No. California

Tundra Swan Take-off

Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Dark-eyed Junco 8642

Eastern Meadowlark

An eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) sits on a fence post in early light along a central Florida road.

Red-winged Blackbird 5782

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