BC, WA

[Pat Hodgson]

Possibly the easiest lifer to get anywhere in the world, just by showing up there.  
Northwestern crow, Vancouver.


IMG_1884 by Pat Hodgson, on Flickr

Eurasian wigeon, Vancouver

IMG_1881 by Pat Hodgson, on Flickr

Bald eagle, Vancouver

IMG_1918 by Pat Hodgson, on Flickr

How about a nice three-species quiz?  Vancouver

IMG_1886 by Pat Hodgson, on Flickr

Mystery bird that I wanted to be a marled murrelet but I think is actually a juvenile pigeon guillemot.  Point Roberts, WA

IMG_1922 by Pat Hodgson, on Flickr

[thouc]

Nice ones. The three species look like Surf Scoter, Barrow's Goldeneye and Black Oystercatcher.

[Pat Hodgson]

Correct.  The reason I took the photo is because the surf scoters were moving in a funny way, from being in a bunch to a curved line, and they got that way like a balloon being blown up, in a very short period of time.

[Iain]

There's a fourth species in your three species quiz!  But its only visible on the larger version...

[Pat Hodgson]

You are right, Iain, and I had not even noticed that myself (in the photo - I certainly did see them in the field).