{"id":1873,"date":"2012-01-27T22:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T06:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2012-01-28T00:39:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T08:39:01","slug":"out-again-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1873","title":{"rendered":"Out Again At Last"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the weather, work and other commitments it has been almost two weeks since I have had a chance to post. Finally this morning I had an opportunity to head out before the weather changes again. First stop of the day was Reifel<\/a>. One of the Black-crowned Night-Herons was in the bramble a little closer to the trail,<\/p>\n

\"Black-crowned
Black-crowned Night-Heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… unfortunately it was still obstructed by a few branches.<\/p>\n

Along the east dyke trail I spent a little time with some of the regulars.<\/p>\n

\"Golden-crowned
Golden-crowned Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fox
Fox Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Black-capped
Black-capped Chickadee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dark-eyed
Dark-eyed Junco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Along the centre dyke trail the Pacific Crab Apple was popular this morning.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Attracting both American Robins,<\/p>\n

\"American
American Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"American
American Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and Cedar Waxwings.<\/p>\n

\"Cedar
Cedar Waxwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cedar
Cedar Waxwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has been several months since I last photographed any Waxwings.<\/p>\n

\"Cedar
Cedar Waxwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cedar
Cedar Waxwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So it was fun to spend a little time with them.<\/p>\n

On my way out there was a fairly bedraggled looking immature Bald Eagle in the parking lot. It was soaking wet from what I suspect may have been a failed attempt at a duck.<\/p>\n

\"Bald
Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was now roosting in this snag, wings spread and trying to dry out.<\/p>\n

Second stop of the day was Boundary Bay. I wanted to have another go for the American Tree Sparrows. After not locating them where they had been last time,<\/p>\n

\"White-crowned
White-crowned Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… I back tracked a little to where I had noticed some White-crowned Sparrows. On closer examination I found the American Tree Sparrows busy foraging in the grass. Now it was just a matter of waiting,<\/p>\n

\"American
American Tree Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… for them make there way into the branches.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Tree Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A little patience was in order,<\/p>\n

\"American
American Tree Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… as they were not always in the open for their short stays in the trees.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Tree Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But it was worth the wait as they were cooperating this afternoon.<\/p>\n

I had been out for several hours now, was getting cold and it was time to head home.<\/p>\n

\"Snowy
Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, I could not pass up this parting shot of a Snowy Owl roosting in the logs across from where the Tree Sparrows were. It was here on its own away from the others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the weather, work and other commitments it has been almost two weeks since I have had a chance to post. Finally this morning I had an opportunity to head out before the weather changes again. First stop of the day was Reifel. One of the Black-crowned Night-Herons was in the bramble a little closer … Continue reading “Out Again At Last”<\/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":[20,140,130,119,139,88,16,15,126,5,34],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-american-robin","tag-american-tree-sparrow","tag-bald-eagle","tag-black-capped-chickadee","tag-black-crowned-night-heron","tag-cedar-waxwing","tag-dark-eyed-junco","tag-fox-sparrow","tag-golden-crowned-sparrow","tag-snowy-owl","tag-white-crowned-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873","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=1873"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}