Penguin Exhibit

The penguin exhibit was a busy place the day we were there.  They had just fed the fish and both the penguins and birds were active.  But shooting through damp plexiglass is not ideal for taking photographs so everything is a little fuzzy. I don't know what kind of birds these are, but they're pretty …

Great Blue Heron

While in Portland this weekend, we stayed near the Columbia River. I took several walks along the river and spotted these Great Blue Herons.  I understand they are fairly common in this area, but I hadn't seen once since growing up in Minnesota a number of decades ago.  So I was thrilled to be able to photograph …

Birds

We have a lot of birds at our feeders these days.  Now I'm just waiting for the return of the hummingbirds. Maralee