This afternoon I headed out to the Boundary Bay area to try for some better shots of the Willow Flycatcher. I had no sooner started on my walk when I noticed a large flycatcher in a tree at the beginning of the trail.
On getting a closer look it was a Western Kingbird.
What a great way to start this outing,
… these are my first shots of a Western Kingbird and a new addition to my photo list.
When checking one of the spots for the Willow Flycatcher,
This Cedar Waxwing showed up for a brief visit on some dead fall.
Then I noticed one of the nesting Cooper’s Hawk in a Willow Tree.
It was preening and stretching while roosting in the tree.
Then a familiar call took me back to where I had seen the Waxwing.
The Willow Flycatcher was located down low in the bramble and allowed me to get fairly close. A little better than the distant shot of the other day.
So far, so good. I headed back to where I had seen the Western Kingbird. On approaching I saw something fly from the same tree into an adjacent field.
Perched on a small tree I found not the Western Kingbird, but an Eastern Kingbird.
It was flycatching from this low perch and I managed a shot of it with its catch. Two different Kingbirds in one day, cannot ask for much more than that.
Prior to leaving a couple of Savannah Sparrows caught my eye.
Unsure if they had a nest with young nearby, but they were busy gathering grubs and frequenting the tree from the first shot.
It was a lovely afternoon for the first day of summer. A productive one as well on the birding and photography front.