The arrival of this little beauty to our backyard on Christmas Day 2015 was a special holiday treat.
Snow blankets forest, shore and beach near the state ferry terminal in Anacortes. This iced feature is one of many horseshoe-framed photographs posted along the shoreline trail.
Stark setting, beautiful colors. A hummingbird at shoreside, west Fidalgo Island.
This little beauty was certainly “in the news” for me this morning. I returned from a walk to discover this hummingbird tucked away in a back yard tree, illuminated by morning light.
A hummingbird enjoys dinner at our back yard butterfly bush.
Over the past several weeks I have collected an inventory of photos of “feathered Fidalgo friends,” otherwise known as birds. Images were collected at places including the lake, beaches and dunes of Deception Pass State Park, both sides of the bridge. At least one photo (immature bald) was taken in the Bay View area on […]
A hummingbird, emerald feathers shimmering in the afternoon sun, Guemes Trail at Ship Harbor.
The rewards stacked up quickly on my Wednesday morning walk, a morning featuring perfect light! Before I had returned to the car I had experienced sightings of a bunny, two eagles, multiple blue herons, red-winged blackbirds, American wigeons, mallards and a hummingbird. There were also brief encounters with a couple of old friends of the […]
I was on a walk on Tommy Thompson Trail, Fidalgo Bay behind me, when I noticed many small birds flitting about in trees and bushes beside me. I tried to locate a bird to focus on … when I spotted directly in front of me the familiar “hovering” motion of a hummingbird! This little guy […]
I love surprises on my walks. On this one, walking a city street that becomes more of a country road, I encountered a beautiful butterfly, a hummingbird, a quail and seasonal plants. And sun gave way to rainclouds…
Our wonderful walk on a sunny Guemes Trail today was made even more special by the appearance of this little beauty, who buzzed us and then perched on a branch between us and the beach below. Guess that qualifies this hummer as a Fidalgo Island shorebird.
My talented teen-aged niece borrowed my camera Sunday for a few shots, one of which was this beauty of a hummingbird perched outside the dining room window. Next year she will take a commercial photography class at AHS. Kid’s got skills…