Pacific Flyway trip : February 25 - March 9, 2015

March 4-5 - Lower Klamath and Tule NWR

cIMG_5616.JPG (76k)	pIMG_5627.JPG (48k)	cIMG_5632.JPG (52k)	pIMG_5638.JPG (96k)
pIMG_5648.JPG (80k)	pIMG_5658.JPG (124k)	pIMG_5663.JPG (212k)	pIMG_5673.JPG (208k)
pIMG_5675.JPG (196k)	pIMG_5677.JPG (204k)	pIMG_5678.JPG (116k)	pIMG_5679.JPG (160k)
pIMG_5680.JPG (168k)	Frosted Killdeer (152k)	Nesting Bald Eagle (256k)	Nesting Canada Goose (288k)
pIMG_5706.JPG (200k)	It's a long way down! (312k)	Rough-legged Hawk (24k)	pIMG_5720.JPG (200k)
pIMG_5729.JPG (192k)	pIMG_5738.JPG (180k)	cIMG_5753.JPG (200k)	Hooded Merganser (136k)
pIMG_5771.JPG (136k)	pIMG_5776.JPG (40k)	pIMG_5781.JPG (96k)	pIMG_5788.JPG (100k)
pIMG_5829.JPG (96k)	pIMG_5836.JPG (20k)	pIMG_5842.JPG (72k)	pIMG_5861.JPG (60k)
pIMG_5865.JPG (32k)	pIMG_5871.JPG (24k)	Coyote (148k)	pIMG_5884.JPG (152k)
cIMG_5892.JPG (176k)	pIMG_5897.JPG (52k)	pIMG_5903.JPG (108k)	pIMG_5907.JPG (40k)
pIMG_5918.JPG (116k)	Eagle meets Harrier (20k)	pIMG_5924.JPG (28k)	pIMG_5931.JPG (24k)
pIMG_5938.JPG (24k)	pIMG_5947.JPG (208k)	pIMG_5950.JPG (208k)	pIMG_5953.JPG (220k)
pIMG_5957.JPG (200k)	pIMG_5959.JPG (232k)	pIMG_5965.JPG (252k)	pIMG_5969.JPG (248k)
pIMG_5981.JPG (196k)	pIMG_5989.JPG (232k)	pIMG_5996.JPG (32k)	pIMG_6004.JPG (48k)
pIMG_6010.JPG (24k)	pIMG_6015.JPG (228k)	pIMG_6017.JPG (112k)	Eared Grebe (48k)
Western Grebes (104k)	pIMG_6051.JPG (84k)	Mallard (24k)	Canvasback (108k)
Ruddy Duck (80k)	pIMG_6060.JPG (92k)	pIMG_6063.JPG (108k)	pIMG_6067.JPG (100k)
Clark's Grebe (64k)	Great Blue Heron (72k)	Bottoms up! (92k)	pIMG_6079.JPG (84k)
pIMG_6086.JPG (92k)	Tail feathers? (164k)	Prairie Falcon (152k)	pIMG_6107.JPG (124k)
American Kestrel (20k)	pIMG_6116.JPG (216k)	pIMG_6117.JPG (232k)	pIMG_6119.JPG (156k)
pIMG_6120.JPG (156k)	pIMG_6126.JPG (48k)	pIMG_6129.JPG (156k)	pIMG_6130.JPG (36k)
Rock Pigeon (260k)	Canyon Wren (164k)	Red-tailed Hawk nest (204k)	pIMG_6138.JPG (120k)
pIMG_6148.JPG (228k)	pIMG_6149.JPG (240k)	pIMG_6161.JPG (228k)	pIMG_6162.JPG (132k)
pIMG_6165.JPG (44k)	Great Horned Owl (136k)	pIMG_6186.JPG (132k)	pIMG_6197.JPG (148k)
pIMG_6222.JPG (104k)	pIMG_6228.JPG (44k)	pIMG_6229.JPG (32k)	pIMG_6233.JPG (128k)
pIMG_6236.JPG (48k)	pIMG_6237.JPG (216k)	pIMG_6242.JPG (152k)	pIMG_6244.JPG (28k)
pIMG_6247.JPG (40k)	Nesting Golden Eagle (192k)	pIMG_6270.JPG (252k)	pIMG_6282.JPG (92k)
pIMG_6293.JPG (36k)	pIMG_6295.JPG (48k)	pIMG_6296.JPG (180k)	pIMG_6312.JPG (20k)
Golden Eagle (20k)	pIMG_6330.JPG (24k)	F-15 Eagles at Kingsley Field (92k)	pIMG_6343.JPG (24k)
pIMG_6347.JPG (24k)	pIMG_6349.JPG (36k)	pIMG_6358.JPG (36k)	pIMG_6386.JPG (124k)
cIMG_6398.JPG (96k)	cIMG_6401.JPG (104k)

March 6 - Salem, OR - The hunt for Owlcapone

I spent a morning looking for Owlcapone, a rather notorious barred owl that had been attacking passers-by a few weeks before. No luck.

pIMG_6425.JPG (124k)	cIMG_6441.JPG (136k)	pIMG_6462.JPG (40k)	cIMG_6464.JPG (144k)
pIMG_6465.JPG (112k)	Ruby-crowned Kinglet? (72k)	pIMG_6480.JPG (72k)	Brown Creeper (156k)
Northern Flicker (184k)	pIMG_6499.JPG (204k)	American Robin (152k)	Mourning Cloak (168k)
pIMG_6515.JPG (196k)	pIMG_6521.JPG (180k)	cIMG_6527.JPG (200k)	pIMG_6528.JPG (308k)
cIMG_6530.JPG (204k)	cIMG_6535.JPG (124k)	cIMG_6538.JPG (84k)	cIMG_6540.JPG (136k)
pIMG_6549.JPG (124k)	cIMG_6550.JPG (156k)	cIMG_6555.JPG (64k)	pIMG_6556.JPG (344k)

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March 6-8 - Gig Harbor and Vashon Island

Fire at the BPA Keeler substation (160k)	pIMG_6573.JPG (56k)	Mt. St. Helens-Adams (52k)	pIMG_6586.JPG (132k)
cIMG_6590.JPG (128k)	cIMG_6597.JPG (96k)	cIMG_6618.JPG (100k)	cIMG_6639.JPG (60k)
cIMG_6643.JPG (52k)	cIMG_6646.JPG (100k)	pIMG_6653.JPG (144k)	cIMG_6663.JPG (76k)
cIMG_6677.JPG (244k)	cIMG_6679.JPG (308k)	Barrow's Goldeneye (112k)	Western Grebe (124k)
pIMG_6688.JPG (120k)	pIMG_6701.JPG (140k)	pIMG_6704.JPG (144k)	pIMG_6709.JPG (152k)
Belted Kingfisher (84k)	pIMG_6715.JPG (88k)	pIMG_6724.JPG (160k)	pIMG_6727.JPG (156k)
cIMG_6730.JPG (204k)	Point Robinson Lighthouse (88k)	cIMG_6742.JPG (96k)	pIMG_6755.JPG (156k)
cIMG_6756.JPG (124k)	pIMG_6759.JPG (120k)	cIMG_6764.JPG (112k)	cIMG_6770.JPG (40k)
pIMG_6781.JPG (48k)	pIMG_6799.JPG (16k)	pIMG_6814.JPG (60k)	pIMG_6815.JPG (64k)
cIMG_6822.JPG (104k)	cIMG_6826.JPG (48k)	cIMG_6847.JPG (76k)	cIMG_6852.JPG (76k)
cIMG_6868.JPG (92k)	cIMG_6883.JPG (68k)	cIMG_6886.JPG (72k)	cIMG_6894.JPG (92k)
pIMG_6896.JPG (20k)	pIMG_6898.JPG (104k)	cIMG_6903.JPG (176k)	pIMG_6906.JPG (172k)
pIMG_6911.JPG (96k)	pIMG_6924.JPG (88k)	pIMG_6931.JPG (136k)	pIMG_6941.JPG (136k)
Vashon Airport (168k)	cIMG_6956.JPG (108k)	Vashon Bicycle Tree (vandalized) (244k)	pIMG_6979.JPG (104k)
pIMG_6984.JPG (124k)	pIMG_6986.JPG (120k)	pIMG_6991.JPG (108k)	pIMG_6996.JPG (104k)
pIMG_7005.JPG (56k)	pIMG_7011.JPG (52k)	pIMG_7012.JPG (56k)	cIMG_7014.JPG (116k)
pIMG_7017.JPG (72k)	Juvenile Surf Scoter? (116k)	cIMG_7025.JPG (108k)	pIMG_7027.JPG (132k)
Mt. Rainier (116k)	Mt. St. Helens-Adams revisited (64k)	Yaquina Head Lighthouse (184k)	Newport, OR (132k)

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March 9 - Oregon Dunes NRA, Florence, OR

cIMG_7090.JPG (208k)	cIMG_7093.JPG (236k)	cIMG_7094.JPG (80k)	pIMG_7102.JPG (88k)
Common Loon (92k)	pIMG_7106.JPG (136k)	pIMG_7111.JPG (112k)