CrazyM Bird & Nature Photography
Birding in British Columbia, Canada
Having checked a few other locations for fall/winter birds recently I headed out to Boundary Bay at the foot of 72 St. this afternoon. There were the usual Northern Harriers and a lone Short-eared Owl that I saw. A pleasant surprise was a small flock of Western Meadowlarks, but they were not cooperating.
The only birds that provided half decent photo ops for me,
was a few Northern Flickers.
Everybody loves to see owls,
… and this afternoon this Barred Owl provided many visitors at Reifel with a good close look as it roosted right above the trail.
Bonus bird of the day was this White-throated Sparrow just down the trail from the owl.
A nice day with decent crowds at Reifel this afternoon. While starting out along the east dyke trail amongst all the regular Black-capped Chickadee,
… was this Chestnut-backed Chickadee. While it actually landed on my lens at one point, I did not manage to get it in better lighting than this.
With the sunny skies I then headed to the outside dyke and west marsh. There have been a couple of Rough-legged Hawks in this area. One of them came in roosted in a tree, unfortunately there was no clear shot.
So I waited patiently for it to leave,
… and managed these shots.