Son came down for the weekend and we decided to head to North Bend to look for
birds. The bay wasn't real busy but there was a good dozen Goldeneye's, the
most I've seen at once there.
We headed up Kentuck to see what ducks and were hanging out at the old golf
course. A few dozen ducks and a few Greater Yellowlegs were feeding. I spotted
a duck coming in and he said "That's flying like a Gad which shouldn't be here
right now." Drove around the corner after it landed and there he was, a big ol'
Gadwall drake feeding with some Greenwing's and some Mallards.
Farther up I took him up to see if we could spot the Red-shouldered I've
spotted a few times up there. Well we got a real nice surprise, a pair! After
not seeing any going up the valley we turned around and he spotted the first
one on a fence post behind a barn. It stayed long enough for a few shots. It
flew off to a tree close by we couldn't get good pics so we moved on. 200 yards
down the road another one was on a power line. That one didn't seem mind us
there at all. We thought it was a different bird because it looked a bit
smaller and redder head where the other was more grey. The pics confirmed it.
The real funny thing was was when we were taking pics of the second RS a Black
Phoebe landed on the other end of the power going to the barn. Even though
there wasn't a ton of birds we still considered it a great day birding. Good
company helps too. Small album below.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141358197@N06/albums/72157712022491892
