It wasn’t like I didn’t try to get hummingbird photos again today (Sunday, Feb 15, 2015).  The sun was out and it was 63-degrees with no clouds.  But the hummingbird, even though in the area, wouldn’t cooperate.  So I made do with a marina tour and some other birds in the area.  To wit…

Not the greatest photos, but I could hardly swim out to get better ones.  Shortly after I first arrived at the marina this Common loon surfaced with a crab about the size of my hand.  I couldn’t see any legs, so I think it might have already died.  After ‘breaking’ it for awhile it swallowed the crab whole!

I watched for a good while and have become somewhat adept at realizing when a loon intends to rise out of the water, so I was ready on the two occasions I witnessed.  (This is the same loon in both photos.)

Next up was a Spotted towhee that responded to some ‘habitat enhancer’.

While waiting for the hummingbird I saw a single (!) Cedar waxwing visiting some of the madrona trees.  I watched it for a couple of flights and then saw it fly into an area where I had photographed berries on a Hawthorn tree a few weeks ago.  I edged over to the tree and found it eating berries.  Unfortunately it stopped eating when I approached, but it remained in place and allowed me to take lots of photos.