Best of the year
The edit
A handful of frames worth coming back to — the ones that say the most with the least. 9 photographs.
Rufous Hummingbird female feeding her fledgling
Wood Duck duckling communicating with mother
Curious Western Wood-Pewee in an Oregon White Oak
Two Pigeon Guillemots fly through crashing waves in Santa Cruz, CA. to deliver a fish to feed young in burrow
Female juvenile Hooded Merganser in a pond at Nisqually NWR
A male Black-chinned Hummingbird squares off with an Anna's Hummingbird at U.C. Davis Hummingbird Garden.
Rufous Hummingbird, recently fledged at Nisqually NWR, rests while waiting for Mom to come and feed him
Bald Eagle sits in a tree overlooking the Deschutes River at Tumwater Historical Park in Tumwater, WA
An elderberry in the bill — Swainson’s Thrushes eat insects, berries, and soft fruits
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Declining
Nisqually NWR · South Puget Sound · Spring or Summer
Rufous Hummingbird female feeding her fledgling
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
McLane Creek · Capital state forest · Spring and Summer
Wood Duck duckling communicating with mother
Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
Scatter Creek Wildlife Area · South Puget Sound · Spring and summer
Curious Western Wood-Pewee in an Oregon White Oak
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
West Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz, CA · Santa Cruz, CA · spring or summer
Two Pigeon Guillemots fly through crashing waves in Santa Cruz, CA. to deliver a fish to feed young in burrow
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Nisqually NWR · South Puget Sound · June
Female juvenile Hooded Merganser in a pond at Nisqually NWR
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
U.C. Davis University · Davis, CA · Spring or summer
A male Black-chinned Hummingbird squares off with an Anna's Hummingbird at U.C. Davis Hummingbird Garden.
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Declining
Nisqually NWR · South Puget Sound · Spring and Summer
Rufous Hummingbird, recently fledged at Nisqually NWR, rests while waiting for Mom to come and feed him
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Deschutes River, Tumwater Historical Park · Tumwater, WA · year round
Bald Eagle sits in a tree overlooking the Deschutes River at Tumwater Historical Park in Tumwater, WA
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Declining
Nisqually NWR · South Puget Sound · Spring and summer
An elderberry in the bill — Swainson’s Thrushes eat insects, berries, and soft fruits
Photographed from the public boardwalk, undisturbed.