2022-04-13,14,15 Puget Sound Island Hopping

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Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica — **Barrow's Goldeneye**
*(Bucephala islandica)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:27

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** BarrowsGoldeneye_8502492-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Barrow's Goldeneye**
*(Bucephala islandica)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:27

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** BarrowsGoldeneye_8502492-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola — **Bufflehead**
*(Bucephala albeola)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:35

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** Bufflehead_8502543-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Double-Crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus — **Double-Crested Cormorant**
*(Phalacrocorax auritus)*

**Description:**
The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. Orcas were sighted 20 minutes prior to our arrival at the Fox Island Fishing Pier. We waited for them to return, and I caught a few cormorants flying by.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:15 16:06

**Location:**

Fishing Pier Park
Fox Island, Washington
United States
40.93 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000

**File Name:** DoubleCrestedCormorant_8502652-FoxIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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View of Maury Island - Scenery — **View of Maury Island**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
As an island just west of Tacoma (Washington), Voshon has a wealth of scenic shorelines. This view gazes at its neighbor Maury Island. The bay here is an Aquatic Reserve.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:14

**Location:**

Hongking (historical)
Vashon, Washington
United States
22.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 7, 27 mm, f/5.6, 1/5000

**File Name:** Harbor_Z7X4227-VashonIsland

Â© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Quartermaster Marina - Scenery — **Quartermaster Marina**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
As an island just west of Tacoma (Washington), Voshon has a wealth of scenic shorelines. This view shows us the boats moored at Quartermaster Marina.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:25

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 7, 26 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200

**File Name:** HarborBoats_Z7X4237-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus — **Horned Grebe**
*(Podiceps auritus)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:46

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** HornedGrebe_8502613-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Preparing To Duck Hunt - Scenery — **Preparing To Duck Hunt**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
As I prepared to try capturing images of Barrow’s Goldeneyes and other ducks at Quartermaster Marina on Vashon Island, my friend used my camera to get me in the frame without me knowing it.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:26

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 7, 26 mm, f/5.6, 1/640

**File Name:** JackRV_Z7X4252-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Point Robinson Lighthouse - Scenery — **Point Robinson Lighthouse**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
This lighthouse was commissioned in 1885 and has been standing guard at the eastmost point of Maury Island, overlooking the Puget Sound.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 15:13

**Location:**

Point Robinson
Maury, Washington
United States
0.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 7, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/4000

**File Name:** Lighthouse_Z7X4272-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Orange-Crowned Warbler - Leiothlypis celata — **Orange-Crowned Warbler**
*(Leiothlypis celata)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:13 13:12

**Location:**

Beachcrest
Anderson Island, Washington
United States
134.52 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** OrangeCrownedWarbler_8502476-AndersonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus — **Spotted Towhee**
*(Pipilo maculatus)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:13 13:12

**Location:**

Beachcrest
Anderson Island, Washington
United States
134.52 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** SpottedTowhee_8502468-AndersonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata — **Surf Scoter**
*(Melanitta perspicillata)*

**Description:**
When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:14 14:38

**Location:**

Burton
Vashon, Washington
United States
62.34 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D850, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** SurfScoter_8502552-VashonIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Scenery — **Tacoma Narrows Bridge**
*(Scenery)*

**Description:**
The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. During our unsuccessful vigil waiting on Orcas, I took a few frames of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge that carried us from the mainland.
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**Date Taken:** 2022:04:15 15:45

**Location:**

Fishing Pier Park
Fox Island, Washington
United States
20.00 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 7, 50 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200

**File Name:** TacomaNarrowsBridge_Z7X4307-FoxIsland

© 2022 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Barrow's Goldeneye

Bucephala islandica

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Barrow's Goldeneye

Bucephala islandica

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Barrow's Goldeneye

Bucephala islandica

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. Orcas were sighted 20 minutes prior to our arrival at the Fox Island Fishing Pier. We waited for them to return, and I caught a few cormorants flying by.

Double-Crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

View of Maury Island

Scenery

As an island just west of Tacoma (Washington), Voshon has a wealth of scenic shorelines. This view gazes at its neighbor Maury Island. The bay here is an Aquatic Reserve.

Quartermaster Marina

Scenery

As an island just west of Tacoma (Washington), Voshon has a wealth of scenic shorelines. This view shows us the boats moored at Quartermaster Marina.

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Preparing To Duck Hunt

Scenery

As I prepared to try capturing images of Barrow’s Goldeneyes and other ducks at Quartermaster Marina on Vashon Island, my friend used my camera to get me in the frame without me knowing it.

Point Robinson Lighthouse

Scenery

This lighthouse was commissioned in 1885 and has been standing guard at the eastmost point of Maury Island, overlooking the Puget Sound.

Point Robinson Lighthouse

Scenery

This lighthouse was commissioned in 1885 and has been standing guard at the eastmost point of Maury Island, overlooking the Puget Sound.

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis celata

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. As I hiked to the Fox Island Fishing Pier, I couldn’t resist spending a minute with a calling Spotted Towhee.

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. As I hiked to the Fox Island Fishing Pier, I couldn’t resist spending a minute with a calling Spotted Towhee.

Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata

When I spotted Barrow’s Goldeneyes at the Quartermaster Marina, we stopped to take a few pictures of the grebes, scoters and buffleheads that share the water with them.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Scenery

The weather was delightful, so my friend gave me a tour of Gig Harbor and Fox Island. During our unsuccessful vigil waiting on Orcas, I took a few frames of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge that carried us from the mainland.

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