Shannon Baker

Red-winged blackbird sings from the top of a cattail.

Sometimes you just need to yell!
This blackbird looks like he needed to get some things off his chest.

Happy weekend everyone!
Stay safe, be kind.
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Thanks!

Northern flicker sits on a fence post facing forward with its head turned left, eye is closed.

It's ok to just stop.
Close your eyes.
Breathe.

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Thanks Robyn!

Juvenile/Immature bald eagle brings his wings forward in preparation for a landing.

Even though we seem to be missing the owls on our outings, the eagles have been plentiful and showing off!

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Thanks Nicole!

Thank you!

A blue heron hides among the old pier pilings.

Trying to blend in with all the pier pilings.
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Bald eagle coming in for a landing on an old post, his legs and claws are outstretched. Wings are expanded forward but not covering his head.

Bald eagle coming in for a landing on an old post, his legs and claws are outstretched and just landing on the edge of the post.

Cleared for Landing

Coming back to his same post after briefly circling around to see if he could stir up anything in the fields.

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I have the free version with 2 social media accounts linked and can schedule up to 10 posts in advance and that seems to work for me.

A harrier facing away from the viewer has its wings and tail feathers spread out and glowing in the evening sun. You can still see her face as she looks towards the ground hopeful for an evening snack.

Friday flight!
This hunting harrier's wings shimmer in the evening sun.

Be kind, stay safe.
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Yes, I have a to post and a posted folder. I use Buffer to schedule posts, I’m usually good about scheduling one or two days out. Then like someone else said I forget to move photos from to my posted folder and have to go find them all 🙄

A golden crowned sparrow sits face forward on a bare thorny branch.

Little birb!
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Short-eared owl soaring over winter brown fields.

Went out hoping for owls yesterday, we saw two but they were content to keep their distance. Good thing I have so many I haven't shared yet and even more from the past few years that I haven't even edited either 🙄

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A red-shouldered hawk snacks on a snake recently caught. He's perched on a mossy tree branch with his snake.

Having a sssnack!

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A white crowned sparrow perched on a singed branch from a recent wildfire. Other burnt branches crisscross in the background.

After the fire.
A white crowned sparrow perched on a branch that had seen a wildfire recently.

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Osprey soaring high in the air.

Let's go Seahawks!

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Immature bald eagle flys towards a tree with a snack.

Close up of a bald eagle in a tree, feathers from his snack can be seen.

Immature bald eagle flys towards a tree with a snack.

We packed lunch & the cameras and spent yesterday outside. We did lunch in the car & the bald eagles brought lunch as well. One landed with his snacks in the tree right practically on top of us, I thought we might get duck parts in the sunroof!
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Stay safe, be kind.

Bluebird perched on a barbed wire with evening blues and pale pinks behind him.

Pretty sure we're not going to get winter around here in the PNW so in here's a bluebird from last year for our early spring.
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It was last winter it probably was cold.

A short-eared owl perched on the tip of a metal post is fluffing out his feathers in the wind.

FLOOF!

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A female harrier glides gracefully over the wetlands as she hunts for a snack.

A female harrier glides gracefully over the wetlands as she hunts for a snack.

A female harrier glides gracefully over the wetlands as she hunts for a snack.

I could watch these graceful hunters glide over the fields for hours.
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A bittern stands in the still water at the edge of golden winter grasses with golden sunlight, he's reflected clearly in the water.

A bittern stands in the still water at the edge of golden winter grasses with golden sunlight, he's reflected clearly in the water.

Hiding in plain sight.

The bittern is my nemesis bird right now, my goal is to get one in flight but second to that I will take these reflections any day. Golden bird in the golden grass with the golden sunshine!
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Happy birthday!

Red-winged blackbird perches on a bare winter branch. His feather are fluffed a bit and wing feathers spread out a little bit to show off his colors.

Red-wing taking a little pause after singing an evening song for us.
Stay safe, be kind and look out for each other.

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Puffy spotted towhee in a moment of no rain from our new year's day walk a couple of weeks ago.
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A red-shouldered hawk is perched on a branch. Even though he is facing away from the viewer his head is turned to the left just enough to see his eye and beak.

Another image of our new hawk friend.
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Thank you Dominique!

A red-shouldered hawk sits percher in a tree in the evening sunlight. He's in profile facing to the right and framed by mossy branches.

It's been a long while since we've seen a bird we haven't come across before.
Red-shouldered hawk

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Bald eagle on top of a post looking down.