Washington State - temperate rainforest

Mountains of Olympic National Park:





Temperate rainforest on the Pacific side of the Olympic peninsula:













White-crowned sparrow:


Wilson's warbler:


Willow Flycatcher:


Calliope hummingbird:


Cedar Waxwings:


Brown-headed cowbirds:


Black-headed Grosbeak:


Bullock's Oriole:


Brown-headed cowbird chick. These birds are nest parasites - they place their eggs into the nests of other, usually smaller, birds, who then raise the large chicks often at the expense of their own. This chick was being fed by a song sparrow, whom it already outgrew.


Song Sparrow:


Cascade Mountains as seen from the commuter plane:






Mount Rainier in the distance: