The Trip:
Cold frosty sunny drive to Ilwaco and then gorgeous "spring" day walking around the boat docks ... went to find the Yellow-billed Loon ... SUCCESS ... he was hanging around with a Common Loon and just happily fishing around the marina.
10 species seen or photographed in the Ilwaco boat basin or in the Columbia just off the basin (in alphabetical order):
- American Crow ...
- Bald Eagle ...
- Bufflehead ...
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Common Loon ...
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Horned Grebe ...
- Killdeer ...
- Lesser Scaup ...
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Red-necked Grebe ...
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Western Gull (???) ...
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Yellow-billed Loon ...
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Common Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Common Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Common Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Common Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Horned Grebe, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Red-necked Grebe with fish, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Western Gull (???), Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Western Gull (???), Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Yellow-billed Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Yellow-billed Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Yellow-billed Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Yellow-billed Loon, Ilwaco, Washington.
Image taken January 27, 2012.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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