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Swans on the Lake
When I was still at college (and because I am an old git, I was shooting on film), I spent some summers in Huntingdon, a town in Cambridgeshire that my mum lived in at the time. The river Ouse ran … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Juanita bay, Kirkland, photo, swans, washington, wildlife
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My Friends the Eels
Nancy thinks I am nuts (probably for many reasons) but one of them is because I find eels fascinating. Most aquariums seem to have some eels on display and I love to look at them. Very often they are pretty … Continue reading
Juanita’s Resident Eagles
The presence of the eagles on Juanita Bay was something I have seen before but I had not been out with the camera before to catch them. I saw one eagle hunting out on the water as I moved towards … Continue reading
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Tagged bald eagle, bird, Juanita bay, Kirkland, photo, raptor, washington, wildlife
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Who Scared You Guys?
I was walking along the edge of the lake in Juanita carrying the camera. Juanita Bay is popular with bird life and I saw a lot of the wildfowl suddenly burst into life and start flying towards me. I pulled … Continue reading
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Tagged bald eagle, birds, ducks, fowl, Juanita bay, Kirkland, photo, washington, wildlife
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Ducks Take a Bath After a Busy Day
Walking back in to Log Boom Park from the pier, you get to the shoreline which is a popular spot for the ducks. They clearly like the shallow water and the multiple spots where they can come out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, bird, clean, duck, Kenmore, log boom park, photo, plumage, washing, washington, wildlife
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Inquisitive Sealion at the Beach
The shores of Puget Sound provide plenty of places to explore. One of these was a beach in Shoreline, a town that is quite appropriately named. I was actually about to head back to the car when this event occurred. … Continue reading
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Tagged aquatic, beach, photo, seal, shoreline, washington, wildlife
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It’s a Cluster of Cormorants!
This was an evening that I was out hunting planes. I did have some success, but I got a lot more shots of birds than planes. The cormorants were out in numbers and they obviously know I like them. Log … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, cormorant, Kenmore, lake Washington, log boom park, photo, Pier, washington, wildlife
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Cormorant at Low Shutter Speed
An impromptu shot of a cormorant is a good thing as far as I am concerned. Normally when I photograph birds, I am shooting wide open at as high a shutter speed as possible. However, this time I was set … Continue reading
Failing to Catch a Leaping Salmon
As the locks at Ballard transfer the water, they manage to catch a lot of salmon at the same time. It was very common while we were there to see the salmon leap out of the water. Some would leap … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballard, fish, leap, locks, photo, salmon, seattle, video, washington, wildlife
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The Fish Ladder
Hiram M Chittenden was not only the man in charge of creating the Ballard Locks, he also was ahead of his time in understanding some of the ecological impact of what he was doing. The importance of the fish to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballard, fish, hiram m Chittenden, ladder, locks, photo, salmon, seattle, video, washington, wildlife
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