July 2022

She built her nest right over our greens garden and stayed there for almost two weeks before she decided there was too much happening to raise babies. She left the nest and eggs. I was really sad

The rufous seem to arrive in early July and here was one of the first arrivals

we took a short camping trip to the Sisters and were surprised to find a shore bird on a lake in the mountains

It has been along time since we'd had a sunset and I didn't see it coming in time to go somewhere with better foreground. I took this off our deck

We found this osprey nest on Sauvi Island

They were about 3/8" long in Jim's pond surrounded by muck so I disguised it a bit with some textures

On our hike to Chush Falls near Sisters

On our camping trip to Sisters

Re processing of a shot of the Grand Canyon taken in 2018

A friend gave me these bulbs saying that they were acanthus but what grew doesn't look like the acanthus photos I found on Google

From our trip to Sisters

On the Pacific Crest trail

Amazing that he can still fly so well. taken at home

Washburne Beach

Waiting for his turn at the feeder

SQWACK! Taken from my kayak

On our hike at Little Three Creeks Lake near Sisters

On our hike at Little Three Creeks Lake near Sisters

I finally got her to move off our bed in the tent

On hike near Sisters

On Washburne Beach

Looking coy at least

Grosbeak female

I'm trying to shoot them in all the different flowers they visit in our yard

I'd never seen them in the evening primroses before

On the horse trails just next to the path

Big snag

These are so fast and unpredictable that I was amazed to capture him from my kayak

In Little Three Creeks Lake

Seagull on Washburne Beach

Black Pearl asking me what we are going to do next and will there be food involved?

Taken from a long way away in my kayak

From kayak

Very foggy and overcast day in the kayak on Munsel Lake

On Washburne Beach