{"id":5379,"date":"2019-08-11T21:18:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T05:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2019-08-11T22:58:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T06:58:17","slug":"black-phoebe-solitary-creeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=5379","title":{"rendered":"Black Phoebe, Solitary + Creeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rain this morning likely a contributing factor to the smaller crowd at Reifel<\/a> this afternoon. Fortunately the showers stopped just before I arrived. The target bird for today being a Black Phoebe that was reported the middle of last week.<\/p>\n

My first pass along the east dyke trail where it has been seen the last few days met with negative results. While continuing to look for the Phoebe,<\/p>\n

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

… there were some Solitary Sandpipers in the slough adjacent to the trail,<\/p>\n

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

… and a Brown Creeper along the trail to keep me occupied and entertained.<\/p>\n

After a little more walking and talking to a couple of other birders who had just seen it, I decided to stay put at that spot as it had also been seen frequenting this area in the morning.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Phoebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was not too long before the Black Phoebe returned and provided good viewing and photo opportunities.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Phoebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was soon joined by other birders and photographers looking for the bird. The Black Phoebe is a rare visitor here, with the BC Bird Alert<\/a> site indicating that this bird is the 27th record for the province. It has been several years since I last saw and photographed one, so this was a good day.<\/p>\n

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The rain this morning likely a contributing factor to the smaller crowd at Reifel this afternoon. Fortunately the showers stopped just before I arrived. The target bird for today being a Black Phoebe that was reported the middle of last week. My first pass along the east dyke trail where it has been seen the … Continue reading “Black Phoebe, Solitary + Creeper”<\/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":[9,11],"tags":[259,50,260],"class_list":["post-5379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-black-phoebe","tag-brown-creeper","tag-solitary-sandpiper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379","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=5379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}