I started off this morning at Reifel. While starting down the east dyke trail I came across a Bewick’s Wren taking a dust bath.
Something birds, and other animals, will do to keep clean.
Of course you could not go to Reifel without checking out the Sandhill Crane family.
They are venturing outside of the closed off area now that the chick is bigger.
It is amazing how fast it is growing.
This Red-winged Blackbird struck a nice pose in the cat tails when leaving the Cranes.
Then it was back to the east dyke trail again for the Black-headed Grosbeak.
This was one bird I was hoping to be able to spend some time with today.
There were several around today, both males and females.
While not quite the settings I was hoping for,
… it was better than the fleeting glimpses I had managed until now.
Cedar Waxwings were also around in good numbers today to round out my morning.
A brief walk in Boundary Bay late in the afternoon did not produce much.
It was starting to get gloomy, but this Western Wood-pewee was busy fly catching.