<div dir="ltr"><div></div>A good day out birding on the 7th in south Bellingham. I finally found the <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2prqH2s">Pygmy Nuthatches</a>. They were out in the open and in good light, but rather high up on a deciduous tree. They were very actively foraging pecking around in bark crevices and mossy growths. These guys in the Fairhaven area of Bellingham have been getting a lot of visitors.<div><div><br><div>After thoroughly enjoying watching these little guys, <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2prqH84">Canvasbacks</a> were my next target. Off to Lake Whatcom. I had never seen so many Canvasbacks so close, around 70. They were all feeding and diving not long after being on the surface.</div><div>And finally my <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2prqJLK">video of the synchronized diving ducks</a>. Is there a name for the ducks that dive like this? They are not dabbling ducks for sure. </div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" id="cloudHQ_signature2_id"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="500" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;width:500px;margin-top:1em"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1%"><div style="width:116px;height:116px;margin-right:10px;border-radius:5px"><img src="https://share1.cloudhq-mkt3.net/a1e3029386f0970f6387df8bc05aba5a2f35b931.png?v=0.5207986654226555" width="116" height="116"></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35"><tbody><tr><td><span style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#09527b;font-size:17px;font-weight:bolder">Eric Ellingson</span></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0"></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0;line-height:1.2"><a href="tel:360-820-6396" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#311dc9;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">360-820-6396</a> <span><br></span><a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#311dc9;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">esellingson@gmail.com</a></div></td></tr><tr class="cloudHQ_fields_custom"><td><div style="margin-top:8px;line-height:1.2"><div style="margin-top:3px"><span style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,'Segoe UI',Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#4b6539;line-height:1.35;color:#311dc9;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/</a> </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="chq_signature_extensions"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="width:100%" id="chq_gmail_signature_create_your_signature_div"><div style="border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;width:fit-content;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:10px"><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/free-email-signature-gene/adabkammndnejioekmmdhgdnlfenpkci" target="_blank" style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">Create your own email signature</a></div></div></div></div>