Whale cove lives up to its name
This cove on the Oregon coast called whale cove didn’t disappoint. It has several viewing platforms. This day we saw a mom and baby gray whale. This was the baby.
Faraway Friday–Oregon Coast
Lovely Layers
I’m always yelling LOOK at the LAYERS around the Olympic Mountains. The atmospherics here create such lovely looks.
Wildlife Wednesday–Barred Owl
On my fox trip to San Juan Island my friend and I were exploring in the van, and she screamed OW! OW! or so I thought…
It was OWL! This guy had just flown to a branch parallel to the van. I stopped, got my camera climbed over (actually on top of) my friend to shoot out the window. Usually they are very skiddish, and I didn’t want to miss the shot.
After I took this, he flew to another branch about 20ft away. I was able to get out of the van and photograph him as long as I wanted. He wasn’t going anywhere.
Did you hear that??
The foxes have VERY acute hearing and hear the voles/moles/rabbits underground…stop and then pounce and dig like crazy if needed.
Father foxes hunt too…
This father was very determined to get a mole. He was sleuthing thru the 4 ft high brush (I could follow his tail!) when he stopped and cocked his head then POUNCED (adult sized)
But we’re HUNGRY!
As soon as the first kit took the dead bird, the remaining three kits immediately jumped in to start nursing. We were told that the moms hardly eat themselves, and loose about a third of their body weight in just the first few weeks of giving birth.
It’s all mine…
The kit ran off with the very dead bird and stopped to crunch her lunch.