Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Our boat! The skipper took this pic of the boat with crew: Will Brooks, Bruce LaBar & Ed Pullen
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-2017 - It didn't rain or snow, but long distance vision wasn't great for our CBC.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - At least this species was EVERYWHERE! This poor Dark-eyed Junco with head lice was doing okay.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Red-breasted Nuthatch! Thank goodness for feeders!
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Love feeders, especially if they tell us how cold it is.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Double-crested Cormorants going crazy over a fish run near the Gig Harbor lighthouse where the passage narrows.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Watching the boat races
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Macaws on Fox Island! Found by our guest counter Mik from the Czech Republic!
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Fox Sparrow takes a bow
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Little Cackling Goose feels left out of the Canada Goose group.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - A classic adult Glaucous-winged Gull in basic plumage.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Common Goldeneyes were in good numbers.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Three amigos counting in Gig Harbor.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Tugboat Joe lying at anchor in Gig Harbor. This was historically Tahoma Audubon's CBC boat, but times change.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Double-crested (rear) and Pelagic (front) Cormorants show off their subtle differences in Gig Harbor.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - If you want to see birds, look up! This male Flicker does that.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - One of the decorations on the Gig Harbor's Tides Tavern is a Kingfisher!
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Bonaparte's gulls in Gig Harbor.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Bonaparte's Gull shows its distinctive wing pattern
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Male Hooded Merganser with his reflection
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Hoodies take flight
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Boating fun (!!??) drives off Common Mergansers at the mouth of Gig Harbor.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Green-winged Teal male chases a potential mate
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - 39 Great blue Herons headed to the little forest behind the Tides Tavern.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Here's where the Herons were going - The last forested property on the south shores of Gig Harbor, now saved temporarily from logging.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - And another Great Blue Heron!
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Virginia Rail alerts us to its presence
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Jim O'Donnell, who drew our count circle many decades ago, finds a use for his cane.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - Red-tailed Hawk shows no fear of us.
Tahoma Audubon: 12-16-17 - DATA! CBC drawing