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Tropical Kingbird

This afternoons walk was to Brunswick Point where a Tropical Kingbird had been spotted yesterday. As I started off my walk, I paused briefly to watch some sparrows.

While doing so I got this Song Sparrow in a puddle at the end of taking a bath. Not long after this I came across a couple of other birders watching the Kingbird. Waiting for it to come out more into the open,

… another Song Sparrow stopped and posed nicely nearby.

Then it was time to focus on the Tropical Kingbird again.

It was busy catching dragonflies,

… and would then rest briefly before venturing out for another one.

The Tropical Kingbird is a rare bird for this area, but can usually be seen each fall in the lower mainland area. This bird provided some great viewing and photo opportunities.

Song Birds & Blue Goose

At Reifel today, on this Thanksgiving long weekend, there was a half decent crowd. It was overcast with light showers persisting most of the afternoon. It was fairly quiet on the birding front,

… so I was starting to watch some of the fall regulars such as this Dark-eyed Junco. Then to make things a little more interesting,

… I spotted this White-throated Sparrow. That was the excitement for the sanctuary, but things picked up again on the way home. I got flagged over on Westham Island by Brian, a fellow volunteer. In with the Snow Goose flock were some dark morph birds.

One that stood out was this Snow Goose with some of the marking of a dark morph.

There were a couple of juveniles,

… along with this adult dark morph Snow Goose. It was an interesting variety of Blue Goose to end the day with.

Ash-throated Flycatcher

While it was sunny and clear when I left home, on arriving at Boundary Bay it was foggy along the shoreline. There were a couple of groups of Pectoral Sandpiper, but no Sharp-tailed that I could locate. Oddly enough it was clear once up on the dyke so I decided to check for the Ash-throated Flycatcher on my way back.

Once in the area of the air park it was not long before it showed up,

… hunting dragonflies again. Only this time I managed to capture the action as it tossed one around before it was down the hatch, wings and all.

A little later the Ash-throated Flycatcher popped out again striking I nice pose for me.