CrazyM Bird & Nature Photography
Birding in British Columbia, Canada
While you may not always find or photograph what you set out looking for, chances are something else may present itself.
Today it was this Violet-green Swallow,
… and a Song Sparrow singing the afternoon away that made up for the misses.
Having managed seeing and photographing a Western Wood-Pewee, another flycatcher I have been watching out for at the North 40 is the Willow Flycatcher. Late this afternoon while out for a stroll something caught my eye low in the trees. With the binoculars I could see it tucked away amongst the branches and that it was my first of year Willow Flycatcher. After a little waiting it came out and alighted in the bramble beside me.
What made it even better was when it started singing. Can’t ask for much more than that.
Time permitted for a short walk this afternoon so I headed to the North 40. A good chance to check for activity at the Swallow nests. After watching some of the previous nests,
… this male was roosting nearby a nest I had not tried photographing yet.
Here is the female leaving the nest,
… and the male arriving. While there was regular traffic to and from the nest, no little faces poking out of the cavity looking to be fed just yet.