Tag: 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.

After being reported a couple of days ago, I managed to get out to Boundary Bay this morning to look for the Ash-throated Flycatcher. A fairly rare visitor to this area, usually not venturing further north than southern Washington State. On arriving I heard that it had been seen early in the morning, but not in the last few hours. There were a handful other birders present and we were spread out along the dyke watching for it. After a couple of hours everyone else had left and I was beginning to wonder if it would reappear. As I was contemplating leaving myself, I noticed something different in a tree to the west of me near the end of the hangers in the air field. On getting closer,

… I found the Ash-throated Flycatcher tucked away in the branches. It was busy preening and stretching.

It was difficult trying to get a decent shot shooting between the branches. Then it promptly disappeared down in behind the trees. Not long after this more birders and photographers showed up. I pointed out where I had last seen the bird and the watch began again. About an hour later it was spotted in the same area with a dragonfly. Unfortunately I missed that part,

… but did get another photo. Then it popped down into the trees out of sight again. While a little closer and/or more in the open would have been nice, I’m not going to complain. This is the first Ash-throated Flycatcher I have seen and another addition to my life photo list.