Goodbye to Bear River

I’ve already spent far longer showing the pictures I took at Bear River than I spent then the time I spent there, but I’ve only touched on the birds I saw there. Since I’m ready to move on, I’ll just finish by showing five of my favorite shots of birds I saw there.

I’m not sure if there were two pairs of Sandhill Cranes or if I just saw the same pair in two different parts of the refuge, but it’s always a thrill to see them because of their size and because we don’t see them in the Puget Sound.

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Eared Grebes are another bird we never see in the Puget Sound area, though there were several at Bear River.

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Pheasants are occasionally seen in the Puget Sound area, but they’re always beautiful.

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Strangely enough, I’d spent several days trying to get a decent shot of a Bullock’s Oriole

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at Theler, but the tree are much taller there and I never managed a shot nearly as good as this one.

Finally, here’s a shot of what I’m pretty sure is a Short-Eared Owl,

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a first for me.