Loony Tunes

I can't believe this Loon let me take so many photos of it swimming around a channel off Lake Michigan. That is, until another Loon arrived and in typical Loon fashion bellowed (seriously it was LOUD - perhaps because of an echo effect from the channel and because it, too, was quite close)

"Watch out for the camera"

Both loons, then, dove under and were next seen at the farrrrrrrrr end of the channel swimming further away from the nosy camera lens.

Tale of Two Cities

A visit to Seattle gave us the opportunity to see the western versions of some of our Chicago birds. Both versions are shown below.

Western Difference: Darker head, Back and Sides are brown

Western Difference: Wings have white spots instead of white bars

Western Difference: Yellow throat instead of White throat

Vermillion Flycatcher

Since today is National Wear Red Day, I thought I'd post some photos of some Vermillion Flycatchers that I took at a bird/nature area in San Juan Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.



Organized by the American Heart Association, the purpose of Wear Red Day is to raise awareness of women's heart disease.