there is one puddle with a cattail and there they are.

I was spending the weekend once at a preserve in series of seep lakes in Washington State’s Channeled Scablands with some friends doing a bit of birding and butterfly hunting. The RWBBs were described by a friend as sounding like “your angry Jewish aunt”.

Now, I don’t possess an “angry Jewish aunt”, but I assume that the obnoxious scolding they do must be akin to something from her memories of growing-up in New York. But they do make a lot of noise.

I like the parts where I’m outside with a camera and binocs going for long walks in interesting places hunting Checkerspots and Meadowhawks and get surprised by an Osprey or whitetail. The birds can talk all they want.

They are really stunning looking birds. Nice portrait there by the lake!