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We took a drive down into Skagit Valley to look at some of the birds hanging around there right now. This field had eight Eagles in it. Here's four of them... |
| We stopped under the flight path of a bunch of Snow Geese headed to another field. |
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Here's another p[assing overhead. You can see the band on the rear leg on this one... |
| Being under a large bird like a Snow Goose can be a dangerous location. You can see that this one is preparing a bomb for launch at us.... |
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The payload is now in ballistic flight. Luckily, this one missed! The birdbrain! |
| Here's a Greenhead Mallard in another field... |
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He didn't like having us so close so he flew aways away. As he was landing, he touched down and then crashed... |
| Lots of Snow Geese... |
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Lots of fun watching these go by... |
| Those noise of their wingbeats was pretty loud... |
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Lots and lots of birds... |
| We also spotted several Great Blue Herons... |
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He spread his wings for us. We had a pretty good day watching the birds around here... |