Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
These burrowing owls in Cape Coral live there year round. They are literally everywhere…in peoples yards…in EVERY soccer and baseball complex. Since they are only 9 inches tall at adulthood the city marks the burrows with PVC pipes so no one mows over them.
This was at Rialto beach on the Washington coast. There were hundreds of Pelicans this day. These two kept swimming dangerously close to these crashing waves.
Puffins are the coolest! This was shot near Protection Island off Sequim. There used to be hundreds of breeding pairs but t his last year only a handful were seen. They quit coming here because of the predation of local Eagles.
I’ll share him with you (often). He comes to the branch of this tree just outside my window almost daily. I know its a he, because males are smaller and his mate is usually flying with him or nearby.
Protection Island used to have one of the largest colonies of tufted puffins on the pacific coast. However this year I only saw 6 breeding pairs and a single. The experts reported only one pair left. They have left the area due to predation. The Bald eagles were taking too much of a toll so the moved on…
Kingfishers are skiddish and FAST. So I was very happy he granted me permission to photograph him!
Sequim Bay and the straight between the bay and Protection Island are filled with Guillemots. They love the little eel type fish that are plentiful here.