This afternoons walk was to Reifel. The plan was to check for some of the more elusive and camera shy warblers again.
I started off down the east dyke trail and came across this Spotted Towhee which struck a pose for me. So I had to stop and take a photo.
On reaching the northeast corner I could see lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers moving in the trees. I set up on a trail leading down to a blind overlooking Ewan Slough, watched and listened. It was not long before I could hear a couple of Wilson’s Warblers calling on either side of the path. One of the more elusive warblers I was hoping to get. While waiting to see if they would come out in to the open,
… this flycatcher flew in instead.
A Hammond’s Flycatcher, which is a new addition to my photo list.
One of the Wilson’s Warblers did pop out briefly a couple of times.
But still not as close and clean a shot as I would like to try and get.
Also hanging the same corner were this Downy Woodpecker,
… and what I believe to be a Purple Finch. If I am wrong on this one, someone will likely let me know. There was also a Pine Siskin around, but no good photo ops.