Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway – Page 3 – CrazyM Bird & Nature Photography

Horned Lark

While most of the shore bird action may be behind us, it is not over. There are still some interesting sightings occurring, one being a Rock Sandpiper along the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway. Not having seen or photographed one before I headed down there this afternoon in spite of the inclement weather. While walking and checking the shore line along the north side something caught my eye on the ground.

It was a Horned Lark busy foraging in the dirt and sparse grass.

Not having seen or photographed one in a while I stuck with it for a bit. It continued doing its thing while I kept checking for the Rock Sandpiper and Turnstones it had been seen with. Not having any luck locating them,

… the Horned Lark did provide on last nice pose while it was amongst the rocks.

Grebes, Gulls & Loons

After dropping off family that were visiting for the long weekend at the ferry, I noticed there were several Loons along the causeway. Not having been there in a while, thought I would give them a try today. Of course there were none in sight when I started my walk.

There were, however, good numbers of Horned Grebe.

They were busy diving and catching small fish. While a little leery initially,

… they went about their activities not too far off from the shoreline. I was not the only one interested in the Grebes.

This Ring-billed Gull was adhering to the old adage, why catch your own when you can take someone else’s.

A couple of Bonapate’s Gulls hoping for the same did not fair as well. As I continued along the ferry causeway towards the terminal there were some Loons.

Unfortunately, despite the high tied they were not coming in that close this afternoon.

Of course there are always some of the regulars along the causeway to make up for this. Such as the Black Oystercatcher, of which there were about six around,

… and a few Great Blue Heron. Then on my way back with the sun going down,

… one last chance for a Common Loon with this juvenile.

Whimbrel & Black-bellied Plover

While I knew some work was being done along the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway it was fairly quiet on my last visit. Today, on the other hand, it was well underway with trucks and excavators in a few spots on both sides of the causeway. It put a bit of a damper on my walk but,

… there were still three Whimbrel present on the south side.

Still reluctant to let me get too close,

… they did let me tag along for a little while.

Odd man out along the causeway this afternoon,

… was this lone Black-bellied Plover.

Perhaps being on its own was why it was cooperative and allowing to walk along with it. Given the work going on, I did not try getting to the end to check for Turnstones.