{"id":2657,"date":"2012-09-11T23:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2012-09-12T01:24:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T08:24:02","slug":"plovers-pipits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2657","title":{"rendered":"Plovers & Pipits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The high tide was not going to be very high at all today, but I still ventured out to Boundary Bay. Early in the walk I was not turning up any shore birds at all.<\/p>\n

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

Even the Peregrine Falcon was left to harass some of the waterfowl without success. Eventually in front of the mansion a Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher and a handful of Pectoral Sandpipers showed up.<\/p>\n

\"Pectoral
Pectoral Sandpiper & Greater Yellowlegs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I did manage this shot of a Pectoral Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs together which is kind of interesting showing the size difference between the two species. On my way back things were not looking much brighter. On the birding front that is, it was a beautiful afternoon to be out for a walk. Then some movement out in the sand caught my eye.<\/p>\n

\"Semipalmated
Semipalmated Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was a small group of Semipalmated Plovers resting,<\/p>\n

\"Semipalmated
Semipalmated Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… tucked in amongst some seaweed and other vegetation.<\/p>\n

\"Semipalmated
Semipalmated Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one was a little more out in the open,<\/p>\n

\"Semipalmated
Semipalmated Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and allowed for this shot stretching its wings while on one leg. From here I headed to the pilings. Still no shore birds, but another recent arrival was present.<\/p>\n

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

Some American Pipits were busy foraging for insects. They will show up along the shore line and neighbouring fields at this time of year when migrating south.<\/p>\n

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

I set up low and close to the pilings and hoped for the best. This particular bird did alight on one of the stumps not too far off. I was happy to end the walk with these shots. These slender little birds can be difficult to get at times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The high tide was not going to be very high at all today, but I still ventured out to Boundary Bay. Early in the walk I was not turning up any shore birds at all. Even the Peregrine Falcon was left to harass some of the waterfowl without success. Eventually in front of the mansion … Continue reading “Plovers & Pipits”<\/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],"tags":[40,81,33,4,44],"class_list":["post-2657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","tag-american-pipit","tag-greater-yellowlegs","tag-pectoral-sandpiper","tag-peregrine-falcon","tag-semipalmated-plover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657","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=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}