Tag: Lesser Scaup Photography

Cannon Beach~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS239 Comments

in Oregon stretches for seemingly endless misty miles.

Haystack Rock on the beach is famous both for it’s unique grandeur,

and for the variety of wildlife it harbors,

including a nesting colony of tufted puffins,

unless of course these guys decide to nest on the top of the rock and scare all the puffins away!

Harlequin ducks seem unfazed by the eagles and swim happily all around Haystack.

Many birds can be found in nearby estuaries and ponds, including tree swallows,

scaups,

and ring necked ducks.

Bundles of baby beach bunnies sleep on our ocean front patio,

using our presence to keep the eagles away.

Apparently in the 1980’s domesticated rabbits were released into the wild and bred like bunnies!

Cheers to you from Canon Beach~

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Hollerites~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life211 Comments

We’ve gotten lots of rain and more is coming this weekend! The lakes and creeks are filling up, making the critters (and me) happy.

I am going to be disappointed in myself if I get these identifications wrong,

but I think this handsome guy is a Ring Necked Duck.

Duck identification is difficult. (You can actually see the ring around his neck in this photo which is unusual).

We have thirty or so duck species in California, and that doesn’t include all the ones that aren’t supposed to be here! (Birds don’t read the manuals).

I think this similar,

but the not the same beauty,

is a lesser scaup male,

and here is the female.

Here they are together. Of course, I could be wrong. But irregardless of ID, a duck by any other name would quack the same!

Cheers to you from The Happy Holler Quackers~