Javin Elliff Photography

April 26, 2025

Spring Birding

Here are some of the birds that I've seen so far this spring. I think I need a bigger lens for birds :)

I saw and photographed a few marsh wrens for the first time. They sing their songs from the cattails.

A marsh wren perched on a cattail.

A marsh wren in the cattails.

This American goldfinch (Washington's state bird) was the first that I've photographed also. And it was in my yard!

An inquisitive goldfinch perched on a vine maple branch that is sprouting new leaves.

Another distant eagle shot with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the background.

A faraway bald eagle perched on a dead tree with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the distance.

Great blue herons.

A great blue heron flying with a frog in its beak.
A great blue heron hunting just before sunset.
A heron rests in its nest on a sunny spring day.
Two great blue herons in a nest in a heron colony.

A barred owl, some mallards at sunset, crow, and male sooty grouse (AKA blue grouse).

A wet barred owl perched on a branch during a rainy day.
A pair of mallards swimming at sunset.
A crow perched on a sign.
A male sooty grouse displaying his colorful neck while making his mating calls.