My husband and I decided that we would get serious this last weekend about finding Snowy owls that were supposed to be in our area, so Friday we went to Skagit Wildlife area .The photo below of me is at the end of the trail at the Skagit Wildlife area. The photo above is my husband looking through our scope at Fir Island. The weather even cooperated, it was a beautiful February weekend!
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Two Bald eagles with their large nest.
Towhee
Blue heron
Snow geese
I had read that there were Snowy owls at Big ditch so armed with directions we drove there Saturday A.M.
Saturday P.M. we decided to watch the movie "The big year" about birding. The big year - is an event where birders try to find as many different birds in one year as they can. The stars are: Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson. It didn't get great reviews, but we really enjoyed it, especially as the Snowy owl was the elusive bird on the list for Owen Wilson's character.
Swans near Everson
and finally on Monday, a Snowy owl at Sandy point.
This is the same owl after he flew off of the other houses roof. He seems to be trying to hide behind the roof's vent pipe. The house was at a bad angle for a good picture, so it blurred when we tried to use our zoom lens.
Here's just some pretty scenery from our long birding weekend.
Lichen and baby ferns -
Fir Island view
Mt. Baker and the Twin sisters from Gooseberry point -
Sunset at Fir Island -
Mt. Rainier at sunset, from the Fir Island farm/Hayden reserve parking lot -
Birders on the dike at Fir Island in last light of the day trying to get one more bird sighting for their list.
