{"id":1248,"date":"2011-08-31T22:28:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T05:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2011-12-05T23:19:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T07:19:06","slug":"stilt-wilsons-pectoral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1248","title":{"rendered":"Stilt, Wilson’s & Pectoral"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the morning showers I headed out to the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary<\/a>. On starting down the east dyke trail I noticed several warblers. Unfortunately they were staying in the tree tops. An unidentified fly catcher also remained elusive amongst the branches. Near the end of the trail I came across half a dozen Brown Creepers.<\/p>\n

\"Brown
Brown Creeper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They were working the trees on both sides of the trail. These little guys can be tough to get as they forage for insects while moving up the tree trunks.<\/p>\n

\"Brown
Brown Creeper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At least with that many in the area I had a chance for a couple of shots.<\/p>\n

After checking the inside trails and still not finding any cooperative warblers I headed to the outer ponds. I was not expecting to find much as the tide was out and there likely would not be much around. While scanning a few of the usual peeps, Dowitchers and Lesser Yellowlegs I noticed something different.<\/p>\n

\"Stilt
Stilt Sandpiper & Lesser Yellowlegs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a Stilt Sandpiper.<\/p>\n

\"Stilt
Stilt Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I followed it along and waited for it to come in a little closer.<\/p>\n

\"Stilt
Stilt Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the first Stilt Sandpiper I have seen with this fall’s migration.<\/p>\n

\"Stilt
Stilt Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seen every year, they are not as common as some of the other Sandpipers. While watching the Stilt, something else caught my eye,<\/p>\n

\"Wilson's
Wilson's Phalarope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… a Wilson’s Phalarope.<\/p>\n

\"Wilson's
Wilson's Phalarope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another good shore bird to see considering I was not expecting much here. After these pleasant surprises and a brief break I headed out to Boundary Bay. The bird I was wanting to get there were Pectoral Sandpipers.<\/p>\n

\"Pectoral
Pectoral Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While walking along the beach I located one small group.<\/p>\n

\"Pectoral
Pectoral Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They were a little wary at first,<\/p>\n

\"Pectoral
Pectoral Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… but I took my time moving in and they soon settled and continued foraging.<\/p>\n

\"Pectoral
Pectoral Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have found that Pectoral Sandpipers are fairly approachable. And then poof,<\/p>\n

\"Peregrine
Peregrine Falcon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… they were gone thanks to the Peregrine Falcon. It looks like the only it manage to get so far was some seaweed.<\/p>\n

While trudging back along the beach I came across the bonus bird of the day.<\/p>\n

\"Horned
Horned Lark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Horned Lark.<\/p>\n

\"Horned
Horned Lark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think this is the first time I have seen one in this area of Boundary Bay.<\/p>\n

\"Horned
Horned Lark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A nice find to end the day, but why did it have to pick a piece of styrofoam to perch on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the morning showers I headed out to the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. On starting down the east dyke trail I noticed several warblers. Unfortunately they were staying in the tree tops. An unidentified fly catcher also remained elusive amongst the branches. Near the end of the trail I came across half a dozen Brown … Continue reading “Stilt, Wilson’s & Pectoral”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,11],"tags":[50,52,48,33,4,49,51],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-brown-creeper","tag-horned-lark","tag-lesser-yellowlegs","tag-pectoral-sandpiper","tag-peregrine-falcon","tag-stilt-sandpiper","tag-wilsons-phalarope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1273,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/1273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}