Catching a Break from the Rain

in #birding6 years ago

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Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata

Yesterday was a typically rainy spring day in Tacoma, but a short dry break in the morning allowed a bit of birding. I tried for some lingering birds on Commencement Bay, and managed good looks at common birds.
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Male Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
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Female Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica

WCSP_0538 Pugetensis at Brown's Point Lighthouse 2019-04-05.JPG
Pugetensis race of White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia leucophrys

Good birding! Good day!

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The rain has stopped and the sunshine is out in Midwest USA also.
Thanks for sharing your part of the world.

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very colorful bird. nice photography also. You are a good steemers.