After weeks of cloudy weather, Leslie and I were not going to miss the chance to get out Sunday while it was sunny. It was a beautiful day with the Olympics framing Theler wetlands as we approached.
Unfortunately, birding wasn’t as spectacular, perhaps because the good weather had also brought out a large number of duck hunters whose shots echoed throughout the preserve. Not a single shot I took there was worth posting.
Luckily, birding was better near Port Orchard. Although this Red-Breasted Merganser in breeding colors was too far away to get a good shot, I was still intrigued by it.
My favorite shots of the day, though, came from this sequence of shots of a Horned Grebe as it paddled through the marina.
The highlights, reflections,
and shadows create
a more amazing background than any I could create in Photoshop.
Those exquisite mountains – snow covered – are such a backdrop for those colourful birds Loren – I never tireof looking at your photographs.
I think those mountains are what has always drawn me back to the Puget Sound area; I can’t imagine living without them.
The grebe photos knocked me out. Great images with the reflections. kjm