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Raised by Voles
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Winding down from an adventurous life, a multi-media artist and craftsman, kayaker and amateur photographer settled down at long last along the southern Oregon coast.
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Two bird species in tandem, not exactly an oddity in that one is breakfast for the other.
A bald eagle carries off a harlequin duck to find a breakfast nook among the somber overcast of a mid winter's morning

#BirdoftheDay #OddCouple #Birds #Oregon
Against a backdrop of slow rolling grey seas a bald eagle labors over tidal zone boulders through the heavy salt air, carrying a large sea duck in its talons
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Black Oystercatcher and a Surfbird poke amongst the stones at Bob Creek, Cape Perpetua, Oregon.

#BirdoftheDay #OddCouples #Birds
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Pigeon Guillemots holding their annual spring confab on the Seal Rocks of Oregon's mid-coast. They utter a high soft mew sound when their scarlet mouths open, calling to each other.
A once in a lifetime encounter appearing out of the ocean mist where I also perched
#Birds #BirdoftheDay #staredown
A sleek black bird with white shoulder patches stares at the camera, its slender black beak opened to reveal a scarlet red mouth and throat. The seabird nestles on a small worn flat ledge of wave polished grey lava just its size. The loosely organized flock of guillemots are in constant motion, flying out to sea from the tidal zone rocks, then returning a half hour later to again flop around on the rocks, mewing, flapping and partying. The striking scarlet color of both mouth and feet is uniquely special in their matched splashes of color, contrasting amid the grey, black and white of their only foray upon land for a few months in early summer. The rest of the year they live out on the open ocean.
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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A peregrine falcon offers an industrial strength glower as I slowly drive past its perch on a water gate at the Klamath NWR in southwestern Oregon.

#BirdoftheDay #staredown #Birds
A hunched brown and white patterned falcon sits on a lime-spattered iron frame with a handwheel and padlocked chain. In the background is a broad body of water in front of low hills on the horizon.
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Seahawks!

#SuperbowlLX #seahawks #Birds #BirdoftheDay
A crested caracara with a tasty sea morsel Padre Island, Gulf of Mexico
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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Frank Thring as 'The Collector' in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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We are all bad bunnies today...

#badbunny #superbowl
A solitary black-tailed jackrabbit sits alert on the edge of a broad flat high desert plain rising up to shadowed mountains in a late afternoon sun. Valle de Manana, New Mexico
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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A drowsy and somewhat bedraggled Barred Owl dries off after overnight rains. A resident of the neighborhood, it has a distinctive somewhat croaky voice letting me know hoo is hoo up there.
#SuperbOwlSunday #Birds #Photography #Oregon
A brown and white owl sits on the broken branch of a shore pine, the feathers are fluffed out and the birds wings droop in a relaxed posture as it waits for the feathers to dry.
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Laguna Madre campground, North Padre Island, Texas
#BirdoftheDay #posted #photography #birds
At the edge of a saltwater lagoon stands a row of 6 foot tall wooden posts, a grey and white gull standing atop each poop splattered perch, all facing into the steady wind off the Gulf of Mexico.
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Greetings, I would like to be added to the #birds feed if you would be so kind, thank you!
#addbirder
Swainson's Thrush atop its favorite perch, a well worn artichoke blossom on a driftwood post.
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Alighting on a washed up pile of driftwood, a female marsh hawk (aka Northern Harrier) holds in its talons a balled up wad of grass it has just snatched from the riverbank meadow, hoping to feel the wiggle of a vole or mouse caught inside...
#BirdoftheDay #blurry #kayaking #OregonCoast
Against a backdrop of tawny field and evergreen forest, a beautifully patterned brown, white and black patterned hawk perches on a pile of driftwood, its wings upraised, standing high on it's talons which clutch a large wad of brown grass. I watched it swoop in from low over the meadow along a river estuary, clutching the wad of grass and alighting on the log. It appeared to be waiting for any wiggling motion within the ball of dead grass that might indicate a plump vole clenched inside. As another harrier came in low to investigate, she lifted off the driftwood perch, tendrils of grass still caught in her talons and trailing behind, satisfied there was nothing inside the clump which warranted further attention. Photo sequence was taken from my kayak as I drifted along, hoping desperately to capture the unfolding tableau. A bit blurry from the movement of wind and water but not bad considering how quickly it all occurred.
February 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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A good haul of plastic trash pulled off the beach of a secluded cove following a storm back in early January.
There's at least one more load in the next cove over, waiting for a day with no wind and mild surf. It might be a while, there's more weather coming in.

#kayaking #OregonCoast
Plastic trash gathered from among driftwood and rocks at a remote beach along the Oregon coast. Crab fishing gear, an old rubber ball, a flip flop and a pop bottle with a suspiciously foamy yellow liquid inside...
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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A snoozing harbor seal keeps a mildly disinterested eye on me as I drift past its rocky berth, aware that I'm keeping my distance and will soon paddle by.
#OregonCoast #MarineLife #Kayaking #Photography
Along the Oregon coast a plump grey seal sprawls in the sun upon barnacle encrusted rocks as a wave washes over from a blue sea in the background.
February 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM