A Collection of Waterfowl

While we were in the Seattle area we saw a variety of birds that hang out around Puget Sound. I took these photos of Surf Scoters when we had pulled onto the ferry to Vashon Island and were waiting for the ferry to finish loading and take off. This looks to be a first year juvenile.

There was a group of about a dozen, and this photo shows a couple females with the more colorful males.

While we were at Washington Park on Fidalgo Island we saw a lone Black Oystercatcher patiently standing on the rocks waiting for tidbits to wash in with the water.

At Bay View State Park on Padilla Bay I saw a couple of Buffleheads.

Trying to get a little closer to them I spooked them and they flew away across the water.
Of course, whenever you are in the Seattle area you see a large number of Gulls. There seemed to be a meeting of some sort going on here, but it looked like many meetings I have attended that included a lot of standing around.