{"id":631,"date":"2011-05-31T22:11:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T05:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=631"},"modified":"2012-04-20T19:41:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T02:41:40","slug":"black-headed-grosbeak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Black-headed Grosbeak"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started off this morning at Reifel<\/a>. While starting down the east dyke trail I came across a Bewick’s Wren taking a dust bath.<\/p>\n

\"Bewick's
Bewick's Wren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Something birds, and other animals, will do to keep clean.<\/p>\n

\"Sandhill
Sandhill Crane & Chick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course you could not go to Reifel without checking out the Sandhill Crane family.<\/p>\n

\"Sandhill
Sandhill Crane Chick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are venturing outside of the closed off area now that the chick is bigger.<\/p>\n

\"Sandhill
Sandhill Crane Chick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is amazing how fast it is growing.<\/p>\n

\"Red-winged
Red-winged Blackbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Red-winged Blackbird struck a nice pose in the cat tails when leaving the Cranes.<\/p>\n

\"Black-headed
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then it was back to the east dyke trail again for the Black-headed Grosbeak.<\/p>\n

\"Black-headed
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was one bird I was hoping to be able to spend some time with today.<\/p>\n

\"Black-headed
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were several around today, both males and females.<\/p>\n

\"Black-headed
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While not quite the settings I was hoping for,<\/p>\n

\"Black-headed
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… it was better than the fleeting glimpses I had managed until now.<\/p>\n

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

Cedar Waxwings were also around in good numbers today to round out my morning.<\/p>\n

A brief walk in Boundary Bay late in the afternoon did not produce much.<\/p>\n

\"Western
Western Wood-Pewee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was starting to get gloomy, but this Western Wood-pewee was busy fly catching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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