Bird images and more

[Roger_Barnett]

Here's some shots from yesterday..a couple are of my neighbor's crimson king maple just leafing out as it flowers. My other neighbor has a common norway. This tree and another common norway grew as seeds from the older tree, I think. Odd that the smallest one is the nice colored tree. The rest are from the Lake Wa Ship Canal locks, specifically Commodore Park, which I've been visiting regularly for a few years now. For being right in town, the numbers and variety of wildlife to view and photograph is outstanding. There's also viewing windows for when the salmon run. Spotted a harbor seal yesterday...only the head..looked rather large, but I don't think it was a sea lion. Those guys hang out at the entrance to the canal by Shilshole and all the way to the locks, and eat way too many salmon! As do the cormorants.

 

[treehumper]

my birding friends would love these

 

[Adkpk]

Wow, good stuff, Roger. Thanks

 

[oceans]

Nice photos, Roger! Thanks for sharing that here. I always thing iPhones take such nice looking photos for what they are, but whenever I see something from a professional camera, there's just no comparison. How far away from the water were you? The detail in the splashing is really cool looking.

 

[DruidCarol]

Amazing detail, thanks for sharing. Of course, now I want a super-duper camera.

 

[The_Archdruid]

That one bird was really focused on sticking the landing. I thought they just flew up and put their feet wherever.