by Rich Leighton | Jul 16, 2019 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest, Washington
Mergansers feed mostly on fish and have serrated edges to their long and thin bills that help them grip their prey, hence the common name “sawbills”. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora,...
by Rich Leighton | May 27, 2017 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Very recently I was taking a “day off” (inside joke for those who know me personally – I work in some capacity nearly every day of the year) on a scouting trip for future photography trips in the Olympic National Forest. Near the Skokomish Indian...
by Rich Leighton | May 19, 2016 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Last week I was participating in Bellevue’s Peamouth Patrol as a volunteer when I spotted this this little mallard family with eight ducklings huddled together for an afternoon nap. Moments before I spotted this group, the male (also known as a drake) noisily...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 20, 2014 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
I found this breeding pair of ring-necked ducks on Trillium Lake last summer on a very cold, rainy summer morning on Oregon’s Mount Hood, 50 miles (80km) east of Portland. It was one of those typical Pacific Northwestern days and as I was about to give up on the...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 17, 2011 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Washington
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.” ~ Douglas Adams There is a park in Medina, Washington that has become my private outdoor...
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