Inshore Seabirds and Waterfowl

Brandt's Cormorant in non-breeding plumage. Photo taken at Salsbury Point Park near Port Gamble, Washington.

Marbled Murrelet in breeding plumage. Photo taken at Point No Point County Park in Hansville, Washington.

Rhinoceros Auklet with its forage fish dinner. Photo taken at Fort Flagler State Park near Port Townsend, Washington.

Canada Goose pair. Photo taken at Chico Creek near Bremerton, Washington.

Cackling Goose. Photo taken while kayaking on Wildcat Lake near Bremerton, Washington.

American White Pelican in breeding plumage. Photo taken near Ephrata, Washington.

Female Common Merganser blending in with the rocks by Chico Creek near Bremerton, Washington.

Female Harlequin Duck and 3 juveniles swimming against the current in the Elwha River, Olympic National Park near Port Angeles, Washington.

Surf Scoters in Neah Bay, Washington.

Duck comparison. Female Mallard and Wood Duck on a log in the beaver pond by the McLane Creek Nature Trail near Olympia, Washington.

Male Eurasian Wigeon at Titlow Park in Tacoma, Washington.

Hooded Merganser pair at the River 'S' Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge near Ridgefield, Washington.

Red-throated Loon in non-breeding plumage near the shore of Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Sequim, Washington.

Marbled Murrelet in breeding plumage. Photo taken at Point No Point County Park in Hansville, Washington.

Tufted Puffin near Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge in Washington.

Canada Goose resting on a log at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

Brant at Fort Flagler State Park near Port Townsend, Washington.

Juvenile Brown Pelican flying by the marina in Tokeland, Washington.

Female Red-breasted Merganser on the Sinclair Inlet in Port Orchard, Washington.

Female Common Goldeneye on a watery runway. Photo taken while kayaking on Kitsap Lake in Bremerton, Washington.

Juvenile Surf Scoters. Photo taken while kayaking on Wildcat Lake near Bremerton, Washington.

Male Mallard at Titlow Park in Tacoma, Washington.

Male Ruddy Duck. Photo taken by Jameson Lake in Douglas County, Washington.

Male Hooded Merganser at the River 'S' Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge near Ridgefield, Washington.

Common Loon in non-breeding plumage near the shore of Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Sequim, Washington.

Marbled Murrelet in breeding plumage. Photo taken at Point No Point County Park in Hansville, Washington.

Western Grebe in Sekiu, Washington.

Cackling Geese at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

Brant at Fort Flagler State Park near Port Townsend, Washington.

Juvenile Brown Pelican flying by the marina in Tokeland, Washington.

Male and female Black Scoters. Photo taken at Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, Washington.

Female Barrow's Goldeneye on a massive log in the pond at the Coldwater Lake Recreation Area of the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington.

Male Wood Duck in the beaver pond by the McLane Creek Nature Trail, near Olympia, Washington.

Male Mallard at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

Male Bufflehead at Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, Washington.

Common Loon in breeding plumage. Photo taken at the Bonaparte Lake Recreation Area near Republic, Washington.

Marbled Murrelet in breeding plumage. Photo taken at Point No Point County Park in Hansville, Washington.

Horned Grebe in non-breeding plumage. Photo taken in Seabeck, Washington.

Cackling Goose at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

Massive flock of Snow Geese flying past Mount Baker in Stanwood, Washington.

Trumpeter Swan flyover. Photo taken in Stanwood, Washington.

Harlequin Duck on a rock at the Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles, Washington. This photo won Honorable Mention in the Wildlife Category of the 2014 Tacoma Nature Center Photo Contest.

Barrow's Goldeneye pair near Cle Elum, Washington.

Male Wood Duck at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

Leucistic male Mallard. Photo taken while kayaking on Wildcat Lake near Bremerton, Washington.

Male Green-winged Teal at Belfair State Park near Belfair, Washington.

Common Loon in breeding plumage. Photo taken at the Bonaparte Lake Recreation Area near Republic, Washington.

Rhinoceros Auklet in choppy water. Photo taken at Point No Point County Park in Hansville, Washington.

Pied-billed Grebe in the beaver pond by the McLane Creek Nature Trail, near Olympia, Washington.

Snow Goose with Cackling Geese. Photo taken at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

American White Pelican taking flight. Photo taken at Chief Timothy Park near Clarkston, Washington.

Waterfowl convention at La Center Bottoms along the Lewis River in La Center, Washington. Canada geese, tundra swans, greater scaups, northern pintails, and mallards are the convention participants.

Harlequin Duck resting on a rock in the Wenatchee River at the Confluence State Park in Wenatchee, Washington.

Barrow's Goldeneye flock playing Where's Waldo with a Surf Scoter. Photo taken in Seabeck, Washington.

Wood Duck pair at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington.

Male American Wigeon at Titlow Park in Tacoma, Washington.

Male Cinnamon Teal at Swallows Park in Clarkston, Washington.