I haven’t quite felt up to spending an entire day birding at the ocean lately, so I’ve been out birding locally twice and, while not great, the birding is definitely improving.
There were a lot of songbirds migrating through Lake Waughop, and the Wood Ducks have also returned.
I birded Theler Wetlands with the Lael Sunday and got a fair number of shots, too. I liked this shot of Hooded Merganser gulping down a small fish.
I even managed to get a shot of a juvenile Semipalmated Plover and what I think is a juvenile Western Sandpiper without going to the beach.
We even found birds at Port Orchard when we stopped for lunch. I particularly liked this shot of a Pelagic Cormorant that showed off the beautiful green sheen on its neck.
