Birding in British Columbia – Page 40 – CrazyM Bird & Nature Photography

Yellowlegs + Dowitcher

It was another warm day as I made my way to help out on the trails at Reifel this afternoon. There were not too many people and unfortunately not much in the way of birding activity either with the grassy trails being fairly quiet.

Luckily some Greater Yellowlegs were present in the inner ponds feasting on the small stickleback.

There were also some Long-billed Dowitcher coming into the inner ponds as well.

As it got closer to the end of the day I made my way to the west field. There were no Phalarope or Stilt Sandpiper present this afternoon, but high tide was still over an hour away.

Still had some fun though watching the regulars like this Lesser Yellowlegs coming in for a landing above other feeding Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.

Odd man out today in the southwest field was this Canada Goose hybrid.

Western, Baird’s + Least Sandpipers

Braved the heat and headed out to Boundary Bay for the high tide, which turned out to be not very high at all. I walked the tidal flats between 104 Street and the mansion. Much to my dismay there was not much around at all. At the mansion there were a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers. On my way back there was another small group,

… the larger Killdeer got my attention first.

Then the Western Sandpiper. There were also a couple of Least Sandpiper in this group as well. A little further on,

… were two Baird’s Sandpiper foraging amongst the sea weed. Before packing it in,

… another small mixed group of Western and Least Sandpipers landed amongst the pilings. Pretty slim pickings today.

Sora

Headed out to Reifel this morning to help with the Marshnotes newsletter mailing. Once that was finished the tide was high, so I headed out to the west field for look before leaving. I was hoping for a Stilt Sandpiper, but no such luck.

Instead were these two Wilson’s Phalarope along with two Red-necked Phalarope. While watching the Phalarope I could hear some Sora chattering away in the reeds.

To make my afternoon one decided to pop out into the open,

… and wander around stretching briefly before disappearing back amongst the reeds.