Wildlife

Birds and Wildlife
Last Modified: 08/05/99

Yellowheaded Black bird. These birds are very common in Eastern Washington and Southern B.C.. They arrive each year around the middle of April and nest in the reeds in the shallows of many lakes and ponds.

Canada Geese and goslings are a common sight in the Northwest, nesting in both the city lakes and the country.

Loons are common in the B.C. Lakes. In some lakes they are a problem as they follow fishermen around waiting for them to catch a fish to steal from the line. However, they have one of the most memorable and beautiful calls of any animal on this earth.

These male Barrows Golden Eye ducks were fighting for a female. (One of the ducks is mostly underwater.)

The Barrows Golden Eyes are common in forested Eastern Washington lake. They make a whistling noise when they fly.

Blacktail deer are very common in Olympic National Park. This one was next to the parking lot at Hurricane Ridge.