{"id":3323,"date":"2013-08-30T23:30:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2013-08-31T00:37:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T07:37:46","slug":"semiplamated-buff-breasted-sandpiper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3323","title":{"rendered":"Semiplamated & Buff-breasted Sandpiper"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was back out to Boundary Bay for the rising tide this afternoon. As I headed west along the beach from 104 St, there was not much\u00a0around except for a couple of Peregrine Falcons. Not a good omen when you shore birding.<\/p>\n

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

About half way to the pilings one of them\u00a0landed on the beach for s short spell. On reaching the pilings it was quiet except for a few Least Sandpipers. Continuing west to 96 St. out on the mud flats,<\/p>\n

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

… there were some Semipalmated Plovers. Then I noticed there were several shore birds hunkered down and hiding in the vegetation.<\/p>\n

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

It was a mixed group of Pectoral Sandpiper,<\/p>\n

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

… Semipalmated Sandpiper,<\/p>\n

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

… Western Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper. At this point I decided to focus on the Semipalmated Sandpiper.<\/p>\n

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

The next photo opportunity was back towards the pilings again,<\/p>\n

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

… where the Semipalmated was mixed in with some Least Sandpipers.<\/p>\n

\"Least
Least Sandpiper & Semipalmated Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At one point I managed to get a Least and\u00a0Semipalmated Sandpiper together.<\/p>\n

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

The Semipalmated Sandpiper being fewer in numbers can be challenging to get at times. I was pretty happy with todays results.<\/p>\n

\"Shore
Shore Bird Flock On The Move<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once back up on the dyke the falcons were still keeping the flocks on the move.<\/p>\n

\"Northern
Northern Harrier & Peregrine Falcons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then something quite extraordinary occurred. Six Peregrine Falcons and a Northern Harrier were hunting a lone shore bird singled out of the flock and the victor was the Harrier. Here you can see it on the beach with the prey\u00a0and four of the falcons still circling. At this point I met up with some fellow birders who had also marvelled at what had just transpired. Then to top the afternoon off,<\/p>\n

\"Buff-breasted
Buff-breasted Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… we met another group that had just found a Buff-breasted Sandpiper. It was flushed by one of the Peregrine before I could attempt to get closer. I tried relocating it without success, but still a great end to another wonderful day on the bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was back out to Boundary Bay for the rising tide this afternoon. As I headed west along the beach from 104 St, there was not much\u00a0around except for a couple of Peregrine Falcons. Not a good omen when you shore birding. About half way to the pilings one of them\u00a0landed on the beach for … Continue reading “Semiplamated & Buff-breasted Sandpiper”<\/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":[46,45,121,33,4,44,75,63],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","tag-buff-breasted-sandpiper","tag-least-sandpiper","tag-northern-harrier","tag-pectoral-sandpiper","tag-peregrine-falcon","tag-semipalmated-plover","tag-semipalmated-sandpiper","tag-western-sandpiper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","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=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3336,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/3336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}