Eric Lippert
@ericlippert.com
Eric Lippert designs programming languages; prior work includes architecting the Hack and Bean Machine compilers at Facebook, and developing the Visual Basic, VBScript, JScript and C# compilers at Microsoft. Blog at https://ericlippert.com
The most stunning thing we saw diving Sund Rock yesterday though was the biggest GPO I've ever seen in the wild. It was fast asleep, out in the open, in only 18 feet of water. I've never seen one asleep out of its den and so shallow before.
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The most stunning thing we saw diving Sund Rock yesterday though was the biggest GPO I've ever seen in the wild. It was fast asleep, out in the open, in only 18 feet of water. I've never seen one asleep out of its den and so shallow before.
I spent the morning diving in the Hood Canal and got a pretty decent shot of this beautiful golden dirona. Biggest one I've ever seen, at least as big as my palm.
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I spent the morning diving in the Hood Canal and got a pretty decent shot of this beautiful golden dirona. Biggest one I've ever seen, at least as big as my palm.
And then it heard me and shot me quite a look.
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
And then it heard me and shot me quite a look.
Here's the back end of a great horned owl that I shot in Bainbridge Island WA yesterday evening.
September 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's the back end of a great horned owl that I shot in Bainbridge Island WA yesterday evening.
I got a shot of the great horned owl that lives at my friend Amber's place. It was hooting at the owl that lives next door when we interrupted it, which probably accounts for the withering look. 🪶
September 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I got a shot of the great horned owl that lives at my friend Amber's place. It was hooting at the owl that lives next door when we interrupted it, which probably accounts for the withering look. 🪶
A couple recent shots of a cormorant on a riverbank, just before and just after taking flight. 🪶
August 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A couple recent shots of a cormorant on a riverbank, just before and just after taking flight. 🪶
Here's a cute little sandpiper I saw hunting for breakfast at sunrise on a river bank a couple of weeks ago.
August 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here's a cute little sandpiper I saw hunting for breakfast at sunrise on a river bank a couple of weeks ago.
The eagle then flew off to the east and I lost sight of it.
August 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The eagle then flew off to the east and I lost sight of it.
The fight continued for about a minute; the osprey did eventually drop the fish but the eagle did not get it.
August 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The fight continued for about a minute; the osprey did eventually drop the fish but the eagle did not get it.
I was just going for a little walk at Shilshole Bay, said to my wife "I'm going to grab the camera in case there's an eagle" and literally 30 seconds later, an eagle was fighting with an osprey over a fish directly above me.
August 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I was just going for a little walk at Shilshole Bay, said to my wife "I'm going to grab the camera in case there's an eagle" and literally 30 seconds later, an eagle was fighting with an osprey over a fish directly above me.
And of course, a great blue heron hunting in a beaver pond.
July 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And of course, a great blue heron hunting in a beaver pond.
We also saw two common dragonflies, the 8-spot skimmer and the cardinal meadowhawk.
July 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We also saw two common dragonflies, the 8-spot skimmer and the cardinal meadowhawk.
I was just out for a walk in Carkeek Park (bring shoes you don't mind getting wet, the stream is overflowing onto the path by the beaver dams) with @thursdayrome.bsky.social; she spotted a brown creeper. Though fairly common, this is my first ever non-blurry photo of one.
July 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I was just out for a walk in Carkeek Park (bring shoes you don't mind getting wet, the stream is overflowing onto the path by the beaver dams) with @thursdayrome.bsky.social; she spotted a brown creeper. Though fairly common, this is my first ever non-blurry photo of one.
If you're at oregon country fair do stop by and see the Fremont Players in Sleeping Beauty and the Pea, noon and 3 every day at Morningwood. It's a fun show for all ages!
July 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If you're at oregon country fair do stop by and see the Fremont Players in Sleeping Beauty and the Pea, noon and 3 every day at Morningwood. It's a fun show for all ages!
I just shot an eagle on the Moon!
At Union Bay in Seattle.
At Union Bay in Seattle.
July 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I just shot an eagle on the Moon!
At Union Bay in Seattle.
At Union Bay in Seattle.
Crows vs eagles is one of my favorite subjects! Here's one from Union Bay a couple years ago.
June 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Crows vs eagles is one of my favorite subjects! Here's one from Union Bay a couple years ago.
Ring-necked duck looks unimpressed -- at Meadowbrook pond with @thursdayrome.bsky.social.
January 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Ring-necked duck looks unimpressed -- at Meadowbrook pond with @thursdayrome.bsky.social.