Gary Iversen got off his Duck Lake/nature beat to take photos of actual humans, on President’s Day:

By Karen Brodniak, of her dog Riley and a very big squid (taken at Copalis Beach, black and white version in this week’s paper):

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Gary Iversen (his excellent 2010 calendar is now on sale at the Chamber of Commerce office for $12.95) wasn’t sure what kind of swimming birds he photographed, the other day. First one to post the correct answer gets free admission for two to the Interpretive Center (Walter has already given me the correct answer):

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Great Carol Schultz photo, today:

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Vote on the winner of this Arnold Samuels photo

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And these captions:

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“It’s not a Bufflehead,” an astute caller/birder said, re the latest Gary Iversen photo in this week’s paper. “It’s a Hooded Merganser. Which is actually rarer.”

Apologies to this Merganser for my Buffleheaded mistake. (Which I compounded by misspelling it as “Morganser” in this original post.)

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Reader Eunice Blubaugh’s correction:

I believe the bird pictured on page one is a Hooded Merganser rather than a Bufflehead.  Both birds have large white patches on the back of the head, black backs and white breasts. And both winter  in this area.  However, they

Got this one day late, or this little gem from Gary Iversen would have been on the front page of this week’s North Coast News. (Looks better on the web, anyway)

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Fan of that “Ansel Adams of Duck Lake,” Gary Iversen? Click on his name, to visit his new, Bruce Richardson-designed Web site.

Meanwhile, here’s Gary’s latest, way back a few days ago, when we were freezing:

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From Mr. Stuart May, the most recent clam dig:

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Someone requested it, Gary Iversen delivers: two hummingbirds on one feeder, perhaps sharing a toast to the Library . . . .

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