Nancy Crowell
@crowellphotography.bsky.social
Photographer, writer living in the beautiful Skagit Valley of the PNW. Crowellphotography.com
Spent all day yesterday birding in gray light and soft drizzle near the water. Oyster catchers, whimbrels, dunlin, loons,grebes,mergansers loads of #surfscoter #birds
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Spent all day yesterday birding in gray light and soft drizzle near the water. Oyster catchers, whimbrels, dunlin, loons,grebes,mergansers loads of #surfscoter #birds
Much to my surprise & delight, I found another Northern Hawk Owl during my recent two-week trip through Alaska!
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Much to my surprise & delight, I found another Northern Hawk Owl during my recent two-week trip through Alaska!
The naturalist aboard told us researchers were particularly interested in documentation of the horned puffin flying with a bill full of food. If true, this suggests it might have mated with a tufted puffin - and there might be a hybrid chick! These images are the first to confirm this behavior!
August 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The naturalist aboard told us researchers were particularly interested in documentation of the horned puffin flying with a bill full of food. If true, this suggests it might have mated with a tufted puffin - and there might be a hybrid chick! These images are the first to confirm this behavior!
When our local weekly paper ceased publication in Dec a group got together and tried to buy it. Negotiations fell apart so they formed a nonprofit and started over from scratch. Led by publisher Kari Mar, our skeleton crew published our first print edition last week. Print is not dead here.
March 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
When our local weekly paper ceased publication in Dec a group got together and tried to buy it. Negotiations fell apart so they formed a nonprofit and started over from scratch. Led by publisher Kari Mar, our skeleton crew published our first print edition last week. Print is not dead here.
Would you drive across the border to see a bird? A friend and I did that last week when we went up to Canada in the hope of seeing this northern hawk owl in the metro Vancouver area.
How far have you gone to see a bird?
#birds
#birdingisforeverybody
#birdphoyography
How far have you gone to see a bird?
#birds
#birdingisforeverybody
#birdphoyography
February 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Would you drive across the border to see a bird? A friend and I did that last week when we went up to Canada in the hope of seeing this northern hawk owl in the metro Vancouver area.
How far have you gone to see a bird?
#birds
#birdingisforeverybody
#birdphoyography
How far have you gone to see a bird?
#birds
#birdingisforeverybody
#birdphoyography
Yesterday Tom Robbins died. He was my neighbor. A couple of years ago our town held an appreciation day for him, which included a parade, a Spam-carving contest and other silliness. I just hope our town can hang on to that spirit of childish joy and wonder.
February 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Yesterday Tom Robbins died. He was my neighbor. A couple of years ago our town held an appreciation day for him, which included a parade, a Spam-carving contest and other silliness. I just hope our town can hang on to that spirit of childish joy and wonder.
@murray.senate.gov thank you for standing up and speaking out against Vought’s appointment. Please keep it up! These people must be stopped.
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
@murray.senate.gov thank you for standing up and speaking out against Vought’s appointment. Please keep it up! These people must be stopped.
I have mostly been reading on BlueSky, not posting. Kind of like this little meadowlark chonk - just hanging around. I heard BS might be creating a photo app. Anyone heard that?
#birds
#photography
#birds
#photography
February 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I have mostly been reading on BlueSky, not posting. Kind of like this little meadowlark chonk - just hanging around. I heard BS might be creating a photo app. Anyone heard that?
#birds
#photography
#birds
#photography
Until I moved to the PNW solstice didn’t mean much to me. Now it’s a date I genuinely look forward to each year. With the arrival of winter comes the promise of spring. Happy solstice!
December 22, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Until I moved to the PNW solstice didn’t mean much to me. Now it’s a date I genuinely look forward to each year. With the arrival of winter comes the promise of spring. Happy solstice!
We have a movement here in our valley called Be Bird Wise. They are trying to make people more aware of best behavior when they visit to see the thousands of snowgeese and trumpeter swans. I love that they are extending their reach. www.bebirdwise.org/blog/localph...
Bird Wise Observations: Photographer Nancy Crowell — Be Bird Wise
What does Be Bird Wise mean in practice among the various human observers of the wild birds populating our Skagit Valley landscape every fall and winter? Who are the observers of the birds and what ar...
www.bebirdwise.org
December 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
We have a movement here in our valley called Be Bird Wise. They are trying to make people more aware of best behavior when they visit to see the thousands of snowgeese and trumpeter swans. I love that they are extending their reach. www.bebirdwise.org/blog/localph...
Imagine having a snowy owl hanging out in your backyard. Imagine dozens of long lenses pointed at your backyard/house. #owparazzi
#snowyowl
#birdsofwinter
#celebrityguest
#snowyowl
#birdsofwinter
#celebrityguest
December 2, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Imagine having a snowy owl hanging out in your backyard. Imagine dozens of long lenses pointed at your backyard/house. #owparazzi
#snowyowl
#birdsofwinter
#celebrityguest
#snowyowl
#birdsofwinter
#celebrityguest
I haven’t figured out to do a thread on this platform yet, but I wanted to say more about short eared owls. They are killed by car strikes with some regularity. We need to do better to allow our fellow creatures to live.
November 27, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I haven’t figured out to do a thread on this platform yet, but I wanted to say more about short eared owls. They are killed by car strikes with some regularity. We need to do better to allow our fellow creatures to live.
This short eared owl pops against the background of a red barn. But this picture tells a story too. These birds are in decline due to lost habitat. They must navigate manmade interferences, like barns and roads with fast moving cars as they hunt in the ditches next to them.
#birds
#birds
November 27, 2024 at 9:16 PM
This short eared owl pops against the background of a red barn. But this picture tells a story too. These birds are in decline due to lost habitat. They must navigate manmade interferences, like barns and roads with fast moving cars as they hunt in the ditches next to them.
#birds
#birds
We get about 15K trumpeter swans overwintering here each year. I love listening to them chatter in the fields and watching them fly in. When the light is right their feathers take on this ethereal look.
#birds
#birdwatching
#birdphotography
#birdsofwinter
#migratingbirds
#trumpeterswan
#birds
#birdwatching
#birdphotography
#birdsofwinter
#migratingbirds
#trumpeterswan
November 22, 2024 at 6:03 AM
We get about 15K trumpeter swans overwintering here each year. I love listening to them chatter in the fields and watching them fly in. When the light is right their feathers take on this ethereal look.
#birds
#birdwatching
#birdphotography
#birdsofwinter
#migratingbirds
#trumpeterswan
#birds
#birdwatching
#birdphotography
#birdsofwinter
#migratingbirds
#trumpeterswan
I combine birding with errands whenever possible, which is how I found this colorful American kestrel male hunting for his breakfast the other day. It wasn’t long before he successfully caught a vole and flew off to eat in peace. #addbirder
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I combine birding with errands whenever possible, which is how I found this colorful American kestrel male hunting for his breakfast the other day. It wasn’t long before he successfully caught a vole and flew off to eat in peace. #addbirder
Today I spent some time watching & shooting pics of birds. Then an amazing rainbow appeared. It lasted almost half an hour and the entire thing was visible. I couldn’t capture it, though, because I didn’t have my phone or a wide angle lens. Instead, I waited for the dunlin to fly past the colors.
November 16, 2024 at 4:07 AM
Today I spent some time watching & shooting pics of birds. Then an amazing rainbow appeared. It lasted almost half an hour and the entire thing was visible. I couldn’t capture it, though, because I didn’t have my phone or a wide angle lens. Instead, I waited for the dunlin to fly past the colors.
Last March I got to photograph thousands of sandhill cranes on the frozen Platte River in Nebraska. #naturerules
November 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Last March I got to photograph thousands of sandhill cranes on the frozen Platte River in Nebraska. #naturerules
Trying to keep up with everyone flocking here, but if I don’t follow you back right away it’s not personal. I will get there!
November 15, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Trying to keep up with everyone flocking here, but if I don’t follow you back right away it’s not personal. I will get there!