{"id":2501,"date":"2012-08-10T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T06:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2012-08-11T00:13:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T07:13:54","slug":"shore-birds-water-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2501","title":{"rendered":"Shore Birds & Water Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

On seeing reports of Turnstones and Surfbirds at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway I decided to head down there this afternoon for the rising tide. While making my way out to the tip of the causeway some movement caught my eye.<\/p>\n

\"Whimbrel\"
Whimbrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Whimbrel was wondering amongst the rocks close to the shoreline.<\/p>\n

\"Whimbrel\"
Whimbrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was wary of my presence and not going to let me get close. While watching the Whimbrel I stumbled across a Black Oystercatcher family.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Oystercatcher Juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Black Ostercatcher nest in this area,<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Oystercatcher Juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and these are the two juveniles in this family group. I had noticed some Comorants earlier while making my way along the beach.<\/p>\n

\"Pelagic
Pelagic Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remembering to check over my shoulder every once in a while I managed to get this flight shot of a Pelagic Comorant as it approached from behind me.<\/p>\n

\"Pelagic
Pelagic Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And then this distant photo of one with its catch.<\/p>\n

\"Pelagic
Pelagic Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then one started hanging around a little closer in to shore.<\/p>\n

\"Pelagic
Pelagic Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At one point it got startled by something and scampered off across the water,<\/p>\n

\"Pelagic
Pelagic Cormorant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… landing a short distance away. Then while I was still sitting on the same rock,<\/p>\n

\"Common
Common Loon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… a Common Loon leisurely made its way toward,<\/p>\n

\"Common
Common Loon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and then by me. Still not having moved,<\/p>\n

\"Pacific
Pacific Harbour Seal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… a Harbour Seal came by from the other direction. Turned out to be a good spot to stop and watch after not locating the Turnstones or Surfbirds. Carrying on my way back,<\/p>\n

\"Whimbrel\"
Whimbrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… I came across the Whibrel again. While tagging along with it,<\/p>\n

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

… I came upon a small flock of Western Sandpipers resting,<\/p>\n

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

… and moving along the shoreline.<\/p>\n

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

They were not as shy as the Whimbrel,<\/p>\n

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

… allowing me to get quite close.<\/p>\n

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

This is a good thing given they are quite small.<\/p>\n

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

It was a nice photo session with these peeps to finish the afternoon off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On seeing reports of Turnstones and Surfbirds at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway I decided to head down there this afternoon for the rising tide. While making my way out to the tip of the causeway some movement caught my eye. A Whimbrel was wondering amongst the rocks close to the shoreline. It was wary of … Continue reading “Shore Birds & Water Birds”<\/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":[9,13],"tags":[82,155,176,175,63,56],"class_list":["post-2501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-tsawwassen-ferry-causeway","tag-black-oystercatcher","tag-common-loon","tag-pacific-harbour-seal","tag-pelagic-cormorant","tag-western-sandpiper","tag-whimbrel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501","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=2501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions\/2524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}