Wildlife Kind of Day

While in the Port Townsend area of WA today, I had the opportunity to stop by a number of neat areas around the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. Of particular note were at least four Cooper’s Hawks that filled the woods at Clallam County’s Robin Hill Farm. These guys were too fast for pictures, but several other birds, and one mammal, crossed my path in time for these snapshots.

Although these Savannah Sparrows breed in this region of the
country, they will overwinter in the Southeast,
including South Carolina

Once described by John Muir as 'by
far the most interesting and influential
of the California sciuridae', the Douglass
Squirrel lives in the coniferous forests
of the Pacific Northwest

The largest of North American thrushes, this juvenile
American Robin can't resist the tasty berries that are
abundant in Washington this time of year

This Cedar Waxwing, a year-round resident of this area,
was busy feasting on just-ripened wild blueberries