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Friday Harbor and Oregon : May 1-6, 2025

May 1: Petroglyph Point, Lava Beds National Monument

I stopped by Klamath Falls for an evening on my way north.

Cliff Swallow community	Rock Pigeon	pIMG_0351.JPG	pIMG_0356.JPG
pIMG_0361.JPG	pIMG_0366.JPG	Common Raven	Being chased by a Brewer's Blackbird
Prairie Falcon	pIMG_0392.JPG	pIMG_0407.JPG	The midges seem to like the middle of the road
Black-necked Stilt	pIMG_0424.JPG	Great Horned Owl	... and a chick
pIMG_0453.JPG	pIMG_0455.JPG

May 2: LMT - SLE

A mix of F-15s and F-35s were operating out of Kingsley Field.

F-35 Lightning II	pIMG_0462.JPG	cIMG_0467.JPG	pIMG_0477.JPG
cIMG_0485.JPG	F-15 Eagle	pIMG_0496.JPG	pIMG_0503.JPG
pIMG_0509.JPG	pIMG_0514.JPG	pIMG_0528.JPG	Wizard Island
Diamond Lake looks frozen over

May 2: Cattle Point, San Juan Island

A family of foxes at Cattle Point are popular photographic subjects. The kits were running all around, but we tallied 4 black ones and 4 red ones. Local photographers said two moms were sharing duties.

Fox paparazzi	pIMG_0544.JPG	4 black kits	Looks like blue eyes...
but not really.	pIMG_0569.JPG	pIMG_0574.JPG	pIMG_0590.JPG
pIMG_0598.JPG	pIMG_0616.JPG	pIMG_0623.JPG	pIMG_0630.JPG
pIMG_0632.JPG	pIMG_0637.JPG	pIMG_0642.JPG	pIMG_0647.JPG
Western Thatching Ant	pIMG_0658.JPG	pIMG_0666.JPG	pIMG_0681.JPG
pIMG_0687.JPG

May 3: Whale watching and foxes

I took a whale watching cruise with San Juan Safaris, then it was back to the fox den where there was much cuteness to be seen.

Jackson Beach Whale Totem	cIMG_0695.JPG	Glaucous-winged Gull (?)	pIMG_0711.JPG
Pigeon Guillemot	pIMG_0715.JPG	DeHavilland DHC-3 Turbo Otter	pIMG_0738.JPG
pIMG_0750.JPG	Pelagic Cormorant	pIMG_0777.JPG	pIMG_0779.JPG
Rhinoceros Auklet	pIMG_0788.JPG	pIMG_0793.JPG	pIMG_0794.JPG
pIMG_0798.JPG	pIMG_0806.JPG	CRC-19888 "Schooner", a humpback whale missing half its fluke	pIMG_0811.JPG
pIMG_0815.JPG	pIMG_0819.JPG	pIMG_0827.JPG	pIMG_0833.JPG
pIMG_0839.JPG	pIMG_0846.JPG	pIMG_0848.JPG	pIMG_0854.JPG
cIMG_0856.JPG	pIMG_0858.JPG	pIMG_0865.JPG	pIMG_0869.JPG
cIMG_0876.JPG	Pelagic Cormorant (juvenile)	pIMG_0881.JPG	pIMG_0884.JPG
Harbor Seal	pIMG_0888.JPG	Juvenile Bald Eagle	pIMG_0893.JPG
pIMG_0899.JPG	pIMG_0902.JPG	pIMG_0908.JPG	pIMG_0916.JPG
Windblown spray off the crests	cIMG_0928.JPG	Turkey Vultures	pIMG_0951.JPG
pIMG_0952.JPG	Cattle Point	pIMG_0958.JPG	pIMG_0960.JPG
pIMG_0963.JPG	pIMG_0969.JPG	pIMG_0972.JPG	pIMG_0976.JPG
pIMG_0983.JPG	pIMG_0991.JPG	pIMG_0992.JPG	cIMG_1002.JPG
pIMG_1008.JPG	pIMG_1012.JPG	pIMG_1018.JPG	pIMG_1035.JPG
pIMG_1043.JPG	pIMG_1046.JPG	4 red kits	pIMG_1055.JPG
pIMG_1062.JPG	pIMG_1064.JPG	pIMG_1072.JPG	pIMG_1073.JPG
pIMG_1082.JPG	pIMG_1083.JPG	pIMG_1091.JPG	pIMG_1092.JPG
pIMG_1093.JPG	pIMG_1095.JPG	pIMG_1097.JPG	pIMG_1099.JPG
Red-winged Blackbird	pIMG_1105.JPG	Eurasian Collared-Dove	pIMG_1117.JPG
pIMG_1124.JPG	pIMG_1125.JPG	A different female, this one has a small scar by her nose	cIMG_1132.JPG
pIMG_1145.JPG	pIMG_1148.JPG	pIMG_1162.JPG	pIMG_1168.JPG
pIMG_1170.JPG	pIMG_1171.JPG	pIMG_1177.JPG	pIMG_1179.JPG
pIMG_1180.JPG	pIMG_1181.JPG	pIMG_1182.JPG	pIMG_1183.JPG
pIMG_1186.JPG	pIMG_1188.JPG	pIMG_1191.JPG	pIMG_1193.JPG
pIMG_1194.JPG	pIMG_1197.JPG	pIMG_1199.JPG	pIMG_1208.JPG
pIMG_1212.JPG	pIMG_1214.JPG	pIMG_1219.JPG	pIMG_1223.JPG
pIMG_1225.JPG	pIMG_1226.JPG	pIMG_1229.JPG	pIMG_1232.JPG
pIMG_1245.JPG	pIMG_1250.JPG	pIMG_1257.JPG	pIMG_1258.JPG
pIMG_1259.JPG	pIMG_1262.JPG	pIMG_1267.JPG	pIMG_1268.JPG
pIMG_1272.JPG	pIMG_1278.JPG	pIMG_1285.JPG	pIMG_1287.JPG
pIMG_1288.JPG	pIMG_1289.JPG	pIMG_1297.JPG	pIMG_1300.JPG
pIMG_1304.JPG	Pouncing on something, but it looks like a small snake further to the left	pIMG_1309.JPG	pIMG_1313.JPG
pIMG_1316.JPG	It found a small snake	pIMG_1329.JPG	pIMG_1333.JPG
pIMG_1334.JPG	Levitation!	pIMG_1341.JPG	pIMG_1343.JPG
pIMG_1349.JPG	pIMG_1361.JPG	pIMG_1367.JPG	pIMG_1377.JPG
pIMG_1385.JPG	pIMG_1386.JPG	pIMG_1390.JPG	pIMG_1399.JPG
pIMG_1401.JPG	pIMG_1404.JPG	pIMG_1406.JPG	pIMG_1408.JPG
pIMG_1411.JPG	pIMG_1412.JPG	pIMG_1415.JPG	pIMG_1416.JPG
pIMG_1423.JPG	pIMG_1439.JPG	pIMG_1443.JPG	pIMG_1451.JPG
pIMG_1461.JPG	pIMG_1467.JPG	pIMG_1474.JPG	cIMG_1477.JPG

May 4: FHR - 6S2

Flight from Friday Harbor to Florence, OR

Fox watchers	New Dungeness Lighthouse	Dungeness Spit	Mt. Anderson and Mt. Olympus (distant right)
Cape Disappointment	Astoria-Megler Bridge	Astoria OR	Waldport OR
Heceta Head	pIMG_1547.JPG	Baker Beach	Florence OR
Siuslaw River Bridge

May 4: SLE - RDM

Flight from Salem to Redmond

Hoodoo Butte, Mt. Washington, and the Three Sisters	Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood	pIMG_1575.JPG	Three Fingered Jack and Mt. Jefferson
Booth Lake	Black Butte

May 5: RDM

Local flight at Redmond

Redmond Airport

Picnic Lunch Wall, Smith Rock State Park

May 6: RDM - OKB

Flight from Redmond to Oceanside

The Needle Rocks, Pyramid Lake	Rock Creek Lake, Inyo County	Mt. Tom	Mt. Humphreys
South Lake	North Palisade	Tunnabora Peak in foreground, Mt. Whitney in background	Mt. Whitney