Time permitted a Stanley Cup Final pre game walk this afternoon. Not wanting to stray too far from home, I headed out to Reifel.
Started off with this Cooper’s Hawk in the trees along the driveway.
Then some friends who were shooting this Grosbeak on the ground,
… flushed it nicely into a tree for me to capture.
Still no shortage of new arrivals,
… with this Wood Duck family basking in the sun on this log.
There has also been a Western Wood-pewee around my last few visits.
The treat of the afternoon though was a couple of other new arrivals.
These Rufous Hummingbird fledglings were in the bushes along one of the trails.
I was hoping to capture one of them getting fed by the adult female. She would come in close above them, but then back off. My proximity to the fledglings may have been spooking her. Sometimes they don’t mind when you are around, other times it may interfere with their behaviour. You have to watch for this. In situations like this, the well being of the birds comes before the picture. So it was time for me to move on.
On checking the watch, it was time to head home for the game. Go Canucks Go!