Hey all!
I've put together some of the highlights from the year so far. The zoom isn't the same on this camera as the one I used in www.39counties.blogspot.com, so the birds aren't quite as close, but I've otherwise been pretty happy with the scenery that Mason County has thrown at me.
That one bridge
There is a bridge at the Mary Theler Wetlands that has had my eye since January. I don't know why I love the shot so much, but I'll try to keep taking it throughout the year. It's been interesting already to watch it green up and fill in around the bridge.
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| January |
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| March |
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| May |
Scenery
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| Waterfall from the High Steel Bridge on FR23 |
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| Ducks over Theler |
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| An eerily beautiful clear cut I discovered on the Tahuya Peninsula. I discovered a gate blocking access the next time, so I'm not convinced that I was supposed to be there! Thousands and thousands of new trees have been planted. |
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| The soft needles of Western Hemlock - our state tree |
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| Gorgeous morning on Hood Canal from Twanoh State Park |
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| Madrone tree - Twanoh State Park |
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| North of Twanoh on Hood Canal |
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| A scene I've visited multiple times looking for owls - Mary Theler wetlands |
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| Hunter Farms from the back fields. The routine has been 1) Buy something 2) Tell them about my year 3) Ask if I can walk their fields 4) They say yes and are glad that I asked. |
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| Skokomish River from Hunter Farms |
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| The Bridge to Hartstine Island |
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| Piggy-backed sailboats from the south end of Hartstine |
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| Theler morning |
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| Still Waters farms. I was told that helping to clean out those boxes in the spring might give me a good look at a flying squirrel! I'm getting the rabies shot pronto. |
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| Mary Theler wetlands |
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| Moon over Belfair State Park |
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| Circa Wildberry Lake - Tahuya Peninsula. This is where I heard Mountain Quail - a bird that lives year-round just over an hour from my home, but I had never seen or heard one. So far, I've: 1) Heard one cluck 2) Seen footprints 3) Heard several loud distinctive calls from the location above, and 4) Watched a quail-sized bird scurry out of a driveway. |
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| Little Egypt Road - South-central Mason County |
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| Hood Canal morning - near Hoodsport |
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| View from the Lower Mount Ellinor trail |
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| Cloquallum Road farmland |
Birds
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| Lesser Scaup - Purdy Creek |
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| Canvasback - a tough bird in the county |
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| Double-crested Cormorants - a tough bird in the summer, but plenty on Hood Canal in the winter. |
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| "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk - Theler |
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| Hundreds of Dunlin at Belfair State Park |
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| Trumpeter Swans - Purdy Creek |
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| More shorebirds |
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| White-winged Scoter- Victor Overlook |
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| Greater White-fronted Geese - Hunter Farms |
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| Snow and Canada Goose - Hunter Farms |
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| Hairy Woodpecker - my 100th bird for the year Cloquallum Road |
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| American Kestrel - Theler |
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| Bonaparte's Gulls - Belfair State Park |
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| White-crowned Sparrow - Theler |
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| Merlin - Skokomish Valley Road |
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| Rufous Hummingbird - feeder near Skokomish Valley Road |
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| Western Bluebird pair - Eells Spring Hill Road |
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| Sandpipers - Theler |
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| American Goldfinches and Purple Finch at Mountain Quail Mary's feeder |
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| Golden-crowned Sparrow - Theler in May |
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| Tree Swallow at nest - Theler |
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