The Trip:
Nice fall day ... went looking for a Rusty Blackbird which had been hanging out with a mixed-blackbird flock at a barn on the Lewis River floodplain near Woodland, Washington ... SUCCESS !!! ... spent the day along the roadside attempting to improve images as the lighting improved ...
The Locale:
Woodland Bottoms is the floodplain of the Lewis River. The area is bordered on the north by Burke Slough, on the south by the Lewis River, on the east by Interstate 5, and on the west by the Columbia River.
To see a listing of birds seen or photographed in this area ... CLICK HERE.
14 species seen from the one location (in alphabetical order):
- American Kestrel ...
- Brewer's Blackbird ...
- Brown-headed Cowbird ...
- Cackling Geese ...
- Eurasian Collared-Dove ...
- European Starling ...
- House Finch ...
- House Sparrow ...
- Killdeer (heard) ...
- Northern Harrier ...
- Red-tailed Hawk ...
- Red-winged Blackbird ...
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 Rusty Blackbird ...
- Sandhill Crane ...
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Rusty Blackbird, Woodland, Washington.
Brewer's Blackbirds in image on the right.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Image enlarged 200%, Rusty Blackbird, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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