After the down pour this morning, some chores around the house, I wanted to get out for a short walk before the Canucks game. Headed off to the South Arm Marshes, an area which I had not been to in some time. A good choice as it turns out.
After watching some Yellow-rumped and Wilson’s Warblers that were not cooperating for photos I heard the loud call of a bird I had not seen since last year.
A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers were moving between the trees. My first of this season and this one landed briefly in a good spot for a photo.
Then some movement up in the trees caught my attention. There were a couple of flycatchers hawking for insects. They were not calling and too distant at first to make out which species.
They did start landing and foraging a little closer, but the lighting was not great.
These were also my first flycatchers of the season, but even better,
… the first Pacific-slope Flycatcher photos I have been able to get. After the new addition to the photo list,
I managed this of a Bushtit arriving with some nesting material. Just wish the hockey game had gone as well as my walk.