Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Black-throated Gray Warbler (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park",
"Black-capped Chickadee (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park",
"Wilson't Warbler (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park",
"Green Heron (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park",
"Osprey (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park",
"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA",
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA",
"Bald Eagle juvenile (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA",
"Cackling Geese (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA",
"Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/8) Bird kayaking along the Tilton River, Ike Kinswa State Park, WA",
"Common Merganser (© Nick Viani 8/1) Hoster's pond, Yaak, MT",
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"Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani 8/17) Gresham, OR (Reeve's backyard feeder)",
"Chestnut-backed Chickadee (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grayland Beach State Park, WA",
"Rock Pigeon (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA",
"Marbled Godwit (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA",
"Pigeon Guillemot: butt shot (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA",
"Pigeon Guillemot (© Nick Viani 8/12) Westport Marina, Port of Grays Harbor, WA",
"Least Sandpiper(© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA",
"Sparrow spc. (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA",
"Misc. shorebirds (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA",
"Ruddy Turnstone (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA",
"Western Sandpiper (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA",
"Ruddy Turnstone (© Nick Viani 8/12) Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor, WA",
"Gull - juvenile portrait (© Nick Viani 8/12) Grays Harbor, WA",
"Birding the Sandpiper Trail (© Nick Viani 8/12) Gray's Harbor Nat'l Wildlife Refuge - Bowerman Basin. Note: the Sandpiper Trail is accessed by first walking near the Hoquiam airport near Aberdeen, WA",
"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani 8/12) Birding by boat at Lake Sylvia State Park, Montesano, WA",
"Nursery Saplings (© Nick Viani 8/12) Birding by boat at Lake Sylvia State Park, Montesano, WA",
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"Pomarine Jaeger (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Rhinoceros Auklet (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Red-necked Phalarope (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"California Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
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"Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
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"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
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"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Shrimp Boat attracting seabirds (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sabine's Gull (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sabine's Gull & Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Arctic Tern (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Mola Mola - Ocean Sunfish (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"South Polar Skua (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"South Polar Skua (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Cassin's Auklet (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Humpback Whale (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Sooty Shearwater (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Rhinoceros Auklet (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Shrimp boat harvesting its catch (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Cormorants, gulls, & Brown Pelicans (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Marbled Godwit (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
"Laysan Albatross (detail on tag) (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA. Note: eBird-review wrote, "it is likely of Mexican origin as the red bands typically are.,
"Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani 8/14) Pelagic birding event 41 miles offshore from Westport, WA",
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"The Monte Carlo - 50' vessel moored in Westport, WA and our access to pelagic birds.",