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  1. Joemeche

    Black Oystercatchers

    Not a problem. I already suggested on another site that they might be called Clamcatchers as well. :)
  2. Joemeche

    just a li'l killdeer

    When you said "li'l Killdeer" I thought you meant something like this....
  3. Joemeche

    Green Heron

    Great shots, Rocky. ;)
  4. Joemeche

    Green Heron

    Nice shots, Chad, and per your invitation, here are a few of mine. These are all local birds on the fringes of Bellingham Bay. A couple of creeks that flow into the bay have nesting sites. ;)
  5. Joemeche

    Black Turnstones

    Although most of my attention is/was on the oystercatcher families, there's usually a small flock of Black Turnstones frequenting the same area. They're pretty spread out at low tide but they come together when the high tide covers all but a few rocks. A kayak is the only way to go.
  6. Joemeche

    It's Owl Season..... Again

    I never leave home without a camera of some sort. I guess I'm just an old Boy Scout at heart. :D
  7. Joemeche

    It's Owl Season..... Again

    I took an 18-mile bike ride today on Bellingham's Interurban Trail, which follows the old railroad grade between B'ham and Mt. Vernon. It was a grind but around 9:30 this morning, I found my reward for the effort....a handsome Barred Owl. The owl was down in the creek bottom, where an old...
  8. Joemeche

    Black Oystercatchers

    Spectacular day to be on the water and spend time with oystercatchers and their now four-week-old chicks. I had to walk across the muck to launch my kayak but I was right on the feeding grounds, as it turned out, with the -0.3 tide. The birds flew right to my feet to do a little clamming! The...
  9. Joemeche

    A quintet from the hot side

    Before the fires chased us away, I did manage quite a few images, so here's a sampler. Western Tanager, male, w/fledgling Swainson's Thrush Virginia Rail Osprey Cedar Waxwing, fledgling
  10. Joemeche

    Wldlife of Edmonds, WA. 2014

    I did the same earlier for a better look and I'll stick with Merlin. Love their talent for eating on the fly! :cool:
  11. Joemeche

    Wldlife of Edmonds, WA. 2014

    Nice shots, Bill. I think your Peregrine just might be a Merlin. :)
  12. Joemeche

    Urban nesters

    For several years now, Glaucous-winged Gulls have been nesting on a 10" cornice on top of the old Bellingham National Bank building in the heart of downtown. Chicks are pretty much stuck 70' above the sidewalk until they fledge or get plucked away by an eagle or Red-tailed hawk. *Digiscoped...
  13. Joemeche

    Dragonflies 2014

    Dragonflies you say? Eight Spotted Skimmer Blue-eyed Darner Cardinal Meadowhawk
  14. Joemeche

    Dragonflies 2014

    Looks like an Eight Spotted Skimmer.
  15. Joemeche

    Black Oystercatchers

    I've posted on three different list serves trying to track down the banding program/individual responsible for these bands.
  16. Joemeche

    Black Oystercatchers

    Thanks, Max, but I shot all of these from my kayak with a 300mm lens. Kayaks and scopes/tripods don't mix very well. :cool:
  17. Joemeche

    Black Oystercatchers

    Spent six hours kayaking on the Chuckanut shoreline yesterday and my primary targets were the two sets of young BLOYs that I've been seeing and only digiscoping. Many others birds but I was focused (pun?) on the oystercatchers. The two younger ones are about two weeks old and the older batch of...
  18. Joemeche

    Elvis, the Common Raven

    We encountered this CORA at Diablo Lake on Thursday. Before I could even think about google, my grandson told me all about this bird. He had recently gone to the North Cascades Institute's Mountain School, so he told us all about the resident raven. This one was banded by Mr. Corvid, John...
  19. Joemeche

    Edmonds Great Blue Heron

    Superb shots, Bill. Bravo!
  20. Joemeche

    Red-Tailed Hawk

    So true, and I'm still practicing. ;) *Here's a digiscoped RTHA at sunset on the Lummi Flats from 200' away.


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