Brown Creeper. This bird searches for insects in bark crevices typically flying to the base of a tree and working it's way upward, then flying to the base of next tree.
Northern Flicker
Great-horned Owl. Adult with 2 chicks.
American Robin. Even a robin can hide in plain sight.
Wilson's Snipe
Great Horned Owl. A "Brancher."
Spotted Sandpiper Chick
Spotted Sandpiper juvenile. Fluffy.
Great Horned Owl
AMERICAN DIPPER
American Dipper. Dives under water to feed on insect larvae. The bird's color is similar to a wet rock like a river cobble.
Two hunters wearing Camos sitting on stools in a Broccoli field hunting snow geese. Obviously, they were successful. This site was located adjacent to the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge on the Salton Sea.
Great Horned Owl. How many?
This Yellow Warbler is easy to see here but imagine looking high up into a tree and trying to locate this beautiful bird. Light yellow birds can seem to disappear in light green leaves.
Canada Goose on the nest.
Can you see the nest? There are three eggs. Killdeer build a very skimpy nest and rely on camouflage to conceal their eggs.
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Killdeer eggs in a nest. A little easier to find up close.
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White-headed Woodpecker near Ahtanum Campground. Most of the white head is obscured. Woodpeckers enjoy recently burned over timber for the variety of grubs they produce.
Only one Brown Creeper here. The coloring and the angular shape of the plates of bark make this one difficult.
