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Evan Olson
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🏕 Living in Seattle, WA
📹 Freelance producer, mild birder
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Don’t mind if I do! #birds
A junco holding a bug.
December 6, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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Ospreys always look goofy. #birding #birds
An Osprey looking directly at the camera while sitting on a thin tree branch. A closeup of the Ospreys face, staring intently at the camera.
September 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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It’s been nice watching the app’s design change and user base grow.
September 17, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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Guess who else was hanging out by the water with the birds? It appears the big guy was breaking up a disagreement between the other two. #mammals #raccoons
A group of raccoons plays at the shoreline of a shallow lake, surrounded by dense vegetation. One raccoon appears to be breaking up a disagreement between two other raccoons.
September 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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While exploring the Union Bay area by UW, I heard the call of a Virginia Rail. I froze for 30 minutes hoping the bird would show itself. Sure enough, right as I turn to leave, the small bird pops out of the marshy shoreline to pose for a photo. Then scurries off...

#birding #birdphotography #birds
A Virginia Rail standing among dense green reeds and wetland vegetation near the edge of a shallow water body. The bird has a reddish-brown body, darker back, and a long, slightly curved beak, and it appears to be foraging or observing the water below. An American Coot floating on the water with a piece of aquatic vegetation in its beak. The coot has a dark, sooty-gray body, a distinctive white beak with a reddish frontal shield near its forehead, and red eyes. The water around the bird shows ripples, with floating plants and small leaves scattered on the surface. A male Wood Duck swimming in a pond with lily pads, featuring a striking mix of iridescent blue, green, and brown feathers. The duck has a distinctive red eye and red bill with a yellow patch at the base, along with a white throat and black crown. Its vibrant colors are reflected on the calm water's surface.
September 8, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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While on vacation this weekend west of the Puget Sound, I heard some unusual bird calls (short, sharp, rising, single notes). It took the evening and the next morning to finally see them. Western Wood-Peewee! Western Flycatcher!

#birding #birdphotography #birds
A Western Wood-Peewee sits on a small branch surrounded by greenery. A Western Flycatcher sits high up on a small branch of a tree, looking toward the left half of the frame.
May 27, 2024 at 3:39 AM
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Max floof #birds
A white-crowned sparrow displays a full puff up while perched on a wire.
May 24, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Is that the caramel crow of Lincoln Park? They look identical. Photo was taken through binoculars. #birds
Lincoln the caramel crow of Lincoln Park
April 28, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Saw hundreds of Sanderlings the other morning. They would run away at any movement and at the sound of the shutter, so I found a spot to sit still and set the camera to its silent electronic mode. After a little while, they were running up to within about ten feet.

#birding #birdphotography #birds
A lone sanderling looking in the sand for food. Two sanderling running around at water side on sand. One sanderling stomping on a pebble. A closeup of a sanderlings beak.
February 29, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Seeds! #birds
A Black-Capped Chickadee plucks seeds from a (I think) cattail flower?
October 28, 2023 at 11:29 PM
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I didn’t know the eyes of Western Grebe’s were this red! Neat morning checking out some parts north of Seattle. #birds
A lone Western Grebe with a bright red eye looking for fish. A Red Breasted Sapsucker hanging off a trunk of a tree. Possibly a group of Heermann’s Gulls sitting on rocks. An immature gull screams for food inches from the face of an adult gull, possibly its regretful parent.
October 28, 2023 at 11:26 PM
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More than just Coots this morning in Seattle. Still no sandpipers. #birds

- Northern Shovelers
- Wood Ducks
- American Wigeons
- Great Blue Herons
- Red-winged Blackbirds
- Double-crested cormorants
- Green-winged Teals
- Virginia Rail
- Belted Kingfisher
- And a turtle
October 14, 2023 at 8:33 PM
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Went out again this evening. Just hundreds of Coots and a lone Horned Grebe. Tomorrow will see if I can spot some sandpipers.
A Horned Grebe in non mating plumage floating in a creek.
October 14, 2023 at 4:41 AM
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Good luck eating that. #birds
A gull snagging a starfish. Another gull standing on some rocks. A ring-billed gull on the water.
October 10, 2023 at 11:33 PM
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More birds today. Cooper’s hawk? And a Cedar Waxwing and maybe a Kinglet of some kind. #birds
A Cooper’s Hawk sitting in a tree. A Cedar Waxwing high up on a branch. A Kinglet of some kind high up in the trees.
October 7, 2023 at 9:53 PM
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Brought a longer lens with me the other day. I need to get closer to avoid the croppage. Also, iOS 17 now identifies birds in the Photos app on iPhone. #birds
A bushtit in a tree at dusk. A yellow rumpled warbler at the top of a tree. A screenshot of the Photos app on iPhone with iOS 17 showing that it now identifies birds.
October 3, 2023 at 10:40 PM