Birding in British Columbia – Page 109 – CrazyM Bird & Nature Photography

Canada Day With The Osprey

Happy Canada Day!

After the morning showers I made my way out to the Osprey nest.

What a difference a week makes (actually just over a week).

The chicks can be seen easily when they decide to poke their heads up.

Here you can see two as the male arrives with a fish.

Then the female started feeding the chicks.

Still hard to see, so here is more of a crop to get in a little closer.

Then she took a break from feeding to do a little rearranging of the nest. While she was feeding the chicks, two were readily visible at times. However, I also noticed she was feeding a third as yet unseen chick.

When she started feeding the chicks again I managed a shot of this smaller third chick. You can just make out the head through the branches. So far, so good this year at the Osprey nest.

Willow Flycatcher

Having a couple of other things on the go I had not planned on heading out today. But when the weather cleared later in the afternoon I could not help myself. Arriving at the North 40 I could hear one of the Lazuli Bunting singing near the entrance again. Unfortunately it is usually roosting in an area that is not easily accessible without flushing the bird. But for anyone wanting to see one, they are still around. One bird that was accessible,

… was this Willow Flycatcher.

It was more than willing to cooperate,

… and strike the odd pose as it moved between the tree and bush tops. There is usually two in this particular area, perhaps a nesting pair.

American Goldfinch

While it has only been a few days, sometimes that is all it takes. On checking the Tree Swallow nests today there was no activity. Hopefully all the young have fledged successfully, but the window of opportunity for photographing food deliveries is gone. Conditions were not ideal this afternoon, but one of the Willow Flycatchers was active and I caught a glimpse of a Grosbeak. The only bird that took time out to pose for me,

… was one of two American Goldfinch that were busy chasing each other around.

That was OK because it has probably been a year since I tried getting any photos of one.