A Frigate mama tending to her fuzzy chick. This chick was lucky….
His daddy knew how to build a nest. Some of the other nest we saw barely had crossing branches.
Wildlife Wednesday-Galapagos
Category: Wildlife
Don’t paddle away too fast lil Puffin!
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.
Wildlife Wednesday-Crescent Lake
This big boy was running straight at me just about 60 ft or so away. Fortunately, he was focused on the fish you can see in the water in front of him.
“my” Eagle
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.
Wildlife Wednesday-AMAZON
This beautiful Red Titi monkey burst from the jungle climbing at an amazing pace up the cable to the 150ft platform we were standing on. Cool-but a lil scary too!
The salmon run (flight)
When a friend and I went to Solduc falls, we saw quite a line up pulled over at the rive so we stopped to see what was the commotion. The salmon were running heavily and it was so fun to watch them launch themselves up the little falls.
Vanishing Tufted Puffins
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…