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Sage Grouse! (Huntington area, OR, 04/01/21)

I made the long trek last week to see Greater Sage-Grouse on an Oregon lek on more time. The central Oregon leks are mostly defunct now, but the Huntington lek is far out and the sage hasn’t burnt, so the birds are safe for one more lekking season. Never know about next year …

How did I get this close??? At the actual lek, the birds were 100yds+ away. I ran into this single displaying cock along the road, miles from the lek. This was shot out of the car. I was able to leave without bothering him.

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Short-eared Owl and Redhead

Short-eared Owl at the East 90 in Skagit Co, WA
Female Redhead at Fernhill Wetlands, Washington Co, OR

These are just two images from the last few days that I got en passant with my P900. Of course, these pix will never be as sharp as when shot with a DSLR, but for documentation they still pretty good. :-)