2017 Big Year Photos

August 3, 2017. While taking advantage of the strange cooler morning weather, I walked around the lake while Keith and Christine fished off the dock.

Fishing (not birding) in Saginaw, Texas on June 16, 2017.  Although not a single fish was caught by myself, I did take some photos of the numerous turtles.

 

Birding from California at the Joshua Tree National Park, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Great Smoky Mountains, and Texas again.

 

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Weekend Birding February 11th & 12th 2017

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Red-tailed Hawk

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If you can see the Northern Harrier, in the center of this image – I zoomed in on it on the next picture.

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Norther Harrier.

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Tundra Swan

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Eurasian Collared-Dove

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Northern Harrier – male

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Northern Harrier – male.

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Any guess on this dove?

2/7/2017 Sauvie Island, Oregon

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This is the dove in the tree for size reference. Found on Rentenaar Road

2/7/2017 Sauvie Island, Oregon

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I’m calling this a Cooper’s Hawk mainly because of the size that you can’t get a reference for here.

2/7/2017 Sauvie Island, Oregon

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