{"id":6625,"date":"2012-11-03T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T18:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2012-11-03T12:39:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T19:39:46","slug":"between-raindrops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=6625","title":{"rendered":"Between raindrops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The days shorten, the clouds lower, the rain falls. Opportunities to take one’s camera for a walk\u00a0diminish. Below is a grab bag of mostly birds taken between raindrops.<\/p>\n

A White-crowned Sparrow scrounges for seeds at Nelson’s waterfront.
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I see one or two Common Loons most days. Usually they are beyond the reach of my camera: in the dawn twilight, and far away in the rain.
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Horned Grebes often pass by.
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Much less common to see is the Red-necked Grebe.
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This female Hooded Merganser was a bit unexpected, especially as she has her hood erected. Odd.
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But, a female mallard is about as\u00a0common\u00a0as it gets.
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A white-tailed doe was seen in the rain across a field at twilight. That’s\u00a0nothing special, but this one struck me as a bit unusual. Look at its ears. A deer can\u00a0swivel its ears to listen for danger in front or behind, but this was the first one I have noticed doing both at once: one ear forward, the other backward.\"\"<\/p>\n

Finally, two shots of an immature Bald Eagle. This is one of two seen soaring.
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And landing—well, it isn’t clear that this is the same bird as above, it might be the other one.
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