With its camouflage, the American Bittern is a difficult bird to spot except when it steps out from the matching reeds.

#bitterns #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #birding #ornithology #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #vögelbeobachten #pnw #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature

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A perfectly perched immature Golden Crowned Sparrow...

#cute #birds
#birdwatching #Sparrow #wildlifephotography #art #birdphotography #pnw #pdx #Northwest #nature #wildlife #birding #oiseaux #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #vögelspotten #pájaro #portraiture #photography #fotografia #Fotografie

A Red Breasted Sapsucker drilling holes for sap and bugs!

#birds #sapsucker #pnw #wildlife #bird #Woodpecker #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography #eastcoastkin #vögel #vogelfotografie #oiseau #oiseauxsauvage #ornithology #photography

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Okay, back to the Short Eared Owls... my favorite #pnw #bird

#birdwatching #Owls #OwlLover #OwlPhotography #birds #birding #Owl
#野鳥 #Eule #búho #chouette #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #vogelfotografie #photography #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #birdphoto #westcoastkin

A Northern Harrier hunting voles in direct competition with the Short Eared Owls at Lake Shillapoo WA

#birds #pnw #harriers #raptors #birdsofprey #birding #birdwatching #ornithology #birdphotography #art #1 #photography #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #野鳥

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Too many lucky Short Eared Owl images to share.
We went again today so I appreciate your Owl tolerance over the next couple of days.

#Owling #ShortEaredOwls #birds #wildlife #BirdNerd #birdwatching #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #vögelbeobachten #birding #Owl #OwlWatching #pnw #pdx #birdphotography

A Coopers Hawk all puffed out on the cold winter day... always on the lookout for a feathered treat!

#birds #Hawk #raptor #birdsofprey #coopershawk #birdsofbluesky #birding #birdwatching #vögelspotten #oiseauxsauvage #ornithology #pnw #nature #wildlife

A Double Crested Cormorant strikes a pose on the lake at Koll Center Wetlands.... by T with the #P1000

#birds #birding #pdx #pnw #urbanbirding #Cormorant #ornithology #eastcoastkin #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #oiseaux #vögel #pájaro #vögelbeobachten #oiseauxsauvage

A diminutive Black Phoebe perched on a wire hunting for insects at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Autoroute today.

#birds #birding #Phoebe #birdwatching #vögel #oiseauxsauvage ##ornithology #pnw #nature #wildlife #pdx #pnw

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A full image of the very cooperative Great Blue Heron from last week at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on the Autoroute.

#birds #birdphotography #bird #Heron #art #beauty #wildlifephotography #photography #wildlife #nature #oiseaux #pájaro #vögel #vögelbeobachten #oiseauxsauvage #Fotografie

The common and beautiful Song Sparrow....

#birds #Sparrow #birdphotography #art #nature #bird #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #songsparrow #birding #oiseaux #pájaro #portraiture #photography #vögel #vögelfotografie #oiseauxsauvage #ornithology

A Short video of a few of the Sandhill Cranes who have returned to Ridgefield NWR this fall.

#birds #Cranes #migration #sandhillcranes #oiseaux #pájaro #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #vögelbeobachten #birding #birdwatching #Crane #wildlifevideo #naturevideo #bird

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One of these #birds is not like the other....

The young Gull seems to think his neighbors are silly clown birds.

#AmericanOystercatchers
#birding #shorebirds #pnw #salishsea #wildlife #nature #oiseaux #pájaro #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #birdwatching #seagulls #pugetsound #sunshinecoast #bird

A parent delivered lunch to one of the two Cooper Hawk fledglings in response to their loud calls.

Everyone must Eat.

#birds #Hawks #birdsofprey #raptor #coopershawk #raptors #birding #birdwatching #oiseaux #vögel #vögelbeobachten #oiseauxsauvage #ornithology #ornithologie #pnw #birdphotography

Upclose a blad eagle looks at the photographer

I've been spotted.

#birds #pnw #eagle #baldeagle #raptor #birdsofprey #birdwatching #birdportrait #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #鳥 #사슴 #aigle #Adler #águia #birding #oiseauxsauvage #ornithology #photography #wildlife #nature

A red Winged Blackbird bird is shaking its red and yellow shoulders at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state Pacific Northwest wilderness pnw nature photo

Shaking out its shoulders, the Red-Winged #Blackbirds are always read to strike a poise for the #bird #photograper

#birds #pnw #birdwatching #ornithology #art #photograph #birding #oiseaux #vögel #vögelbeobachten #pájaro #oiseauxsauvage

A sandhill Crane stands at attention on the muddy wetlands on Sauvie island in the Pacific Northwest wilderness pnw

One of the handsome Sandhill Cranes "on guard" while the flock browse in the corn stalks on Sauvie Island in Pacific Northwest

#birding #sandhillcranes #pnw #wildlife

#birdphotography #Cranes #pdx #birds #wildlifephotography #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #vögelbeobachten #art #photography ##ornithology

An American bittern bird stretches it's long neck to pretend it is a Reed as camouflage in the wetlands of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state Pacific Northwest wilderness

While an effective strategy against the green #spring grasses, the American Bittern stands tall, imitating the brown reeds of the wetland.

#sillybird
#birdwatching #pnw #bittern #birds

#birdphotography #art #wildlifephotography #oiseauxsauvage #vögel
#イーグル #鳥見
#kuş #wildlife #pdx #ornithology

An upclose bird photograph of a juvenile American Bald Eagle with a large beak perched above the pnw Columbia River outside Portland Oregon in the Pacific Northwest wilderness

This #bird really is ALL about its beak!

Another image upclose of the juvenile Bald Eagle perched above the Columbia. (It has lips!)

#birdwatching #birdsofprey #baldeagle #naturephotography #birding #eagles #birds #photography #art #aigle #oiseauxsauvage #pnw #pdx #wildlife #nature #raptors #イーグル

Springtime migrants have returned and have staked out their favorite cattail in their nesting territory!

#pnw #birding #Blackbirds

#birdsong #birdcalls #birds #birdvideo #birdwatching #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #vögelbeobachten #pajaro #ornithology #pacificnorthwest #pdx #wildlifevideo #naturevideo

A red Winged Blackbird shows it's red colored wings to the bird photographer gripping onto a cattail reeds in the Marsh along the autoroute in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state Pacific Northwest wilderness... just 15 miles north of Portland Oregon

Went to Ridgefield NWR yesterday... and was greeted by the usual suspects at the cattail reeds.

#redwingedblackbird
#birdphotography

#birding #birds #wildlifephotography #oiseauxsauvage #nature #photography #art #blueskyartshow #1 #vogelfotografie #pajaro #ornithology #Photograph #pnw #Portland

A female Red-Winged Blackbird perched on a cattail reeds above the wetland Marsh of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Autoroute in the Pacific Northwest wilderness

The beautiful female Red-Winged Blackbird perched on a reed... looking for a handsome mate.

#birdwatching #Blackbirds #birdphotography #birds

#wildlife #nature #photography #portrait #art #photo #1 #birds #bird #birdphotos #oiseauxsauvage #oiseaux #vögel #pacificnorthwest #pnw #oregon #pdx

A Killdeer Plover bird sits in the green grass of a field on sauvie island in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Easily identified with its black stripes and a red eye ring, the Killdeer is one of the most common Plovers.

#cutebird #Killdeer #Plover

#birding #birdwatching #birder #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #birds #oiseauxsauvage #oiseaux #pajaro #vögel #pdx #pnw #pacificnorthwest #portland

A beautiful female Red-Winged Blackbird perches on a cattail reeds in her nesting area in the Marsh wetlands of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state Pacific Northwest pnw

Not to be overshadowed by the striking male Red-Winged #Blackbird , the very beautiful female Blackbird also protects her nesting territory!

#birdwatching #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #pnw #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #pajaros #art #1 #portriat #portraiture #photography #wildlifephotography

A young Bald Eagle raptor bird is perched above the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest wilderness looking for fish in the pnw nature outside of Portland Oregon

Approximately 1 year old, this juvenile #BaldEagle was only 20 feet away from the road perched above the #Columbia River looking for fish.

#birdwatching #baldeagles

#birds #birdphotography #eagles #americaneagles #raptor #birdsofprey #birdportrait #aigle #oiseauxsauvage #águila #pnw #pdx #oregon

Bird photograph of a Virginia rail bird at the edge of the reeds at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state Pacific Northwest wilderness.

There are many elusive Virginia Rails in the reeds along the autoroute of Ridgefield NWR... but you have to stop your car, wait, listen, and look for motion.

#birding #rails #wetlands
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birds #birdwatching #oiseaux #vogel #oiseauxsauvage #nature #photography

A Wilson's Snipe is a cute medium sized bird with a long bill that probes the mud for food on the Pacific Northwest wetlands wildlife refuge in pnw

Hiding behind a tuft of grass on the edge of the muddy shore, a Wilson's Snipe is well camouflaged and shy... it is missed by most all travelers on the autoroute.

#SnipeHunting

#birdwatching #Snipe #birds #birding #art #wildlife #nature #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #vogelspotten #pnw #pdx #photography

The beautiful brilliant orange back and Grey blue wing feathers give the American Kestrel a striking appearance for a burd of prey in the pnw wildlife refuge in Southwest Washington state of the Pacific Northwest

I think the smallest North American #Falcon is my favorite #raptor with their stunning plumage and unique facial features!

Do you agree?

#AmericanKestrel

#birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #Kestrel #birdsofprey #raptors #bird #birdwatching #oiseauxsauvage #vögel #vogelspotten #pnw #pdx

A male American Kestrel falcon bird has a bite of meat in its beak and holds a vole in its tallons on the autoroute of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Just a couple more bites of delicious vole meat left for this beautiful male American Kestrel!

#carnivore #bird

#everonemusteat

#birdwatching #pnw #raptor #falcon #birdsofprey #kestrel
#eats #food #prey #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #art #nature #vögel #oiseauxsauvage #birds #parajo

A pair of breeding Hooded Mergansers float on the waters of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Autoroute in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

A male Hooded Merganser and its adoring mate are skidish around photographers and seem to always dive before camera focus is achieved!

#birdphotography #cuteanimals #birds #wildlifephotography #birding #ducks #waterfowl #birdwatching #oiseauxsauvage #vogel #vogelfotografie #art #1 #photography #pnw