Late winter/early spring is the season for herring to spawn in Yaquina Bay.
Today, armed with new cameras, we went out along the south jetty to photograph the seabirds who came to feast on herring eggs.
Thousands of birds were between the jetties: a couple of species of gulls, scoters, some loons, and our favorite -- harlequin ducks.
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| (Panasonic Lumix) |
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| (Panasonic) |
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| (Sony RX100) |
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| (Sony) |
Video taken on Panasonic, by Bori.
On our lanai and just beyond, we have been visited by a rather broad selection of birds and the occasional mongoose. Part of this is because Bori has been feeding them, first bits of crackers, then peanuts. They have not become dependent on these little handouts, in fact they have largely abandoned his offerings. Today he realized that a neighbor is feeding them something that they like better.
Here are a couple of the visitors.
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| The chicken, who has come to our screen door looking for Bori, and perched on several chairs on the lanai. |
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| Mynah birds |
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| Saffron finches |
We leave on Thursday. Aloha!
