Two Belted Kingfishers unfortunately they were not close but we have to be happy with what we get.

This the third time that i have seen this Osprey hunting this stretch of river .

Two Great Blue Herons.

i was also able to see 5 Chipping Sparrows. i forgot the female

I found two Ospreys at the Skagit River but i was only able to photograph one , with these two that makes 9 that i have photographed this year.

young Red Tailed Hawk with his dinner.

Great Blue Heron below the dam on the Sumas River .

8 Common Mergansers on the shore of Sumas River.

3 Cedar Wax-wings.

Also next to the Hawk were these 2 Barn Swallows.

After an absence of 2 weeks my friend the Red Tailed Hawk was back at his usual post today and he obliged me by posing for his photographs. This is the only hawk that i have found since last October that will sit and let me get close the closest that i have been is 10 feet. Today he even dove on a mouse that was in the grass next to my van , but i didn`t get the photo of him landing on the mouse because my outside mirror blocked my shot .

   

I found these three young barn swallows outside of their nest. The nest was built underneath a tent cover for a produce store.

I was surprised today to see about a dozen Bushtits at my bird bath as they have been gone since last May. They spent the winter feeding at my suet blocks and they are fun to watch as these little guys are such high energy birds.

Some more waterfowl from the Skagit Valley.

A flock of Band Tailed Pigeons in the Skagit Valley.

Red_naped Sapsucker and Rufus Hummingbird in the same tree at Ross Lake in the Skagit Valley on the Canadian side of the border.

Mother Osprey and her two chicks , I have been watching this pair since May 1 ,2014 .

I caught this Osprey this afternoon . I figured he was going to dive but i didn`t get my camera out in time to see him hit the water but i did get him coming out with a fish.

turkey vulture,

Two young Bald Eagles

Great Blue Heron .