It was still pretty grey when I headed out this afternoon, but at least it was not raining. My destination today was Brunswick Point. After arriving, and before heading out to the point, a quick check of Canoe Pass was in order as a couple of things caught my eye. Canoe Pass is that portion of the South Arm of the Fraser River that goes into Ladner Harbour. The first thing that I noticed,
… was this Long-tailed Duck. There were some Western Grebe out there as well, but they were even further off than the Long-tailed.
Next up were some Red-breasted Merganser.
It has been a few years since I last photographed one of these.
Bonus bird of the afternoon was this Barrow’s Goldeneye.
The Barrow’s Goldeneye is a new addition to my life photo list. So, some interesting waterfowl from the birding perspective, unfortunate the weather was not better from the photography side of things.
Of course the the usual Double-crested Cormorant were on the pilings of the old Brunswick Cannery (photo).
Once on the dyke trail around Brunswick Point things were fairly quiet. The usual Northern Harriers and one Short-eared Owl were active over the marsh. About half way along there was a change from what has been the norm.
There were four Snowy Owls roosting in closer to the dyke.
My last few visits to Brunswick Point they have always been some distance out.
While not as close as the ones at Boundary Bay have been of late,
… it was nice to see the ones here in closer providing better views. The numbers are not as great here either, I counted seven today. There is usually twenty plus in the bay area.