Having booked a ticket on the Mail Boat for the 108 mile white water of the Rogue River, I had a whole day to look for subjects to satisfy my “bird-tooth”. I did not have to go far, only a quarter mile to the South Jetty of the Rogue River mouth. Dozens of Osprey were engaged in the business of fish catching there. Soon I was seeing fish in those talons as the birds flew inshore. I was late getting parked and setting up my camera gear, but soon there were more birds shuttling fish back to shore.
California and Western Gulls were cruising the jetty, and I captured a few images of these birds along with Double-Crested Cormorants and Turkey Vultures. The night’s high tide brought a carcase of a large harbor seal inside the gravel bar at the jetty’s opening to the sea and near where I was parked. Eventually the vultures found it and managed a few bites before the tide took their bounty away. Tide giveth, tide taketh away.
I took a midday trip south to Hunter Creek, but little in the way of bird life was found there. I spent the rest of the day organizing pictures for this post. Tomorrow I will take my camera with a landscape lens, but I’ll take a 70-200mm lens and a 1.4 extender in case animal subjects appear.

Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
Description: Catching fish at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:34 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X0937-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Western Gull(Larus occidentalis) |
Description: Airborne birds were easy pickin's at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:27 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000 |
File Name: WesternGull_D5X0775-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Western Gull(Larus occidentalis) |
Description: Airborne birds were easy pickin's at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:03 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400 |
File Name: WesternGull_D5X0527-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Western Gull(Larus occidentalis) |
Description: First year bird at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:02 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: WesternGull_D5X0518-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
Description: A dead Harbor Seal meant a feast for the vultures at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 10:37 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: TurkeyVulture_D5X1010-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
Description: A dead Harbor Seal meant a feast for the vultures at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 10:33 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: TurkeyVulture_D5X0977-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Turkey Vulture(Cathartes aura) |
Description: South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:18 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: TurkeyVulture_D5X0561-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Roadside Scenery(Scenery) |
Description: Roadside scenery on the southern Oregon coast north of Gold Beach. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 6:43 |
Location:
Euchre Creek Beach |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 70 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: Scenery_D5X0443-EuchreCreek-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Devil's Backbone(Scenery) |
Description: Roadside scenery on the southern Oregon coast north of Gold Beach. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 6:42 |
Location:
Euchre Creek Beach |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 46 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: Scenery_D5X0442-DevilsBackbone-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Roadside Scenery(Scenery) |
Description: Roadside scenery on the southern Oregon coast north of Gold Beach. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 6:41 |
Location:
Euchre Creek Beach |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 46 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: Scenery_D5X0438-EuchreCreek-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


California Gull(Larus californicus) |
Description: Airborne birds were easy pickin's at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 8:58 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: CaliforniaGull_D5X0497-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
Description: Catching fish at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:21 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X0708-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
Description: Catching fish at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:21 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X0701-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
Description: Catching fish at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:21 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X0690-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
Description: Catching fish at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:21 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X0678-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Osprey(Pandion haliaetus) |
Description: Catching fish at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 8:38 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/5000 |
File Name: Osprey_D5X0446-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Double-Crested Cormorant(Phalacrocorax auritus) |
Description: The South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon is a good location to meet these and other fishing birds. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 8:43 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/6400 |
File Name: DoubleCrestedCormorant_D5X0457-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Double-Crested Cormorant(Phalacrocorax auritus) |
Description: The South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon is a good location to meet these and other fishing birds. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 8:43 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/7.1, 1/6400 |
File Name: DoubleCrestedCormorant_D5X0454-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Common Raven(Corvus corax) |
Description: Airborne birds were easy pickin's at the South Jetty of the Rogue River in Gold Beach Oregon. |
Date Taken: 2017:09:09 9:19 |
Location:
South Jetty |
Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/5000 |
File Name: CommonRaven_D5X0622-GoldBeach-Oregon |
© 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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