Post by JeffOver on Aug 15, 2006 20:56:06 GMT -8
Sorry for the large size--you may have answered this before Gord, but how can I make the pictures medium size?
Last week I spent a couple of days on the Gulf Islands--one on Galiano, and one on Mayne respectively, and then 4 days on Whistler. I did not see a whole wack of birds but there were some highlights.
Close to where we stayed on Galiano I found a pair of pileated woodpeckers--I attempted a picture.
I found out digital zoom doesn't work that great!
The other highlight was seeing purple martins on Mayne. They were a first for me, and apparently were nesting in the nest boxes set up over the water for the first time also.
I only managed to see females feeding young.
Other birds on the islands included:
Great Blue Heron
Bald eagles
Belted kingfishers--lots ( at least 4 seen from the Galiano ferry terminal)
Red-breasted nuthatches
Song sparrows
American goldfinches--looked like juveniles
Whistler also had a few highlights.
4 Blue Grouse--at least 2 still had down, indicating they were this year's batch, although they were pretty well near adult size
Townsend's Warbler ;D--male
Several common mergansers
Oregon juncos
Northern Flicker
American Pipits
Stellar's Jays
Immature White-crowned sparrow
Crows
Mallards
House sparrows
And some frustrating little birds that were most likely kinglets (but they moved too fast for me to get a good look at them
), and then a small flock of slightly larger birds that acted a lot kinglets (meaning I didn't get a good look at them). Unfortunately the only notable marking I could see was a large amount of white on the underside of the tail. Their unique calls drew my attention to them in the first place.
I was also 30 feet from this black bear, on the corner of the 99 and Lorimer Rd, the main road that goes through the village. Closest I've ever been to a wild bear
. Notice it has a collar and an ear tag indicating it was tracked and/or studied, I guess?
Well, that's my report--not much of a birding trip, but at least I got purple martin out of the deal.--Jeff
Last week I spent a couple of days on the Gulf Islands--one on Galiano, and one on Mayne respectively, and then 4 days on Whistler. I did not see a whole wack of birds but there were some highlights.
Close to where we stayed on Galiano I found a pair of pileated woodpeckers--I attempted a picture.
I found out digital zoom doesn't work that great!
The other highlight was seeing purple martins on Mayne. They were a first for me, and apparently were nesting in the nest boxes set up over the water for the first time also.
I only managed to see females feeding young. Other birds on the islands included:
Great Blue Heron
Bald eagles
Belted kingfishers--lots ( at least 4 seen from the Galiano ferry terminal)
Red-breasted nuthatches
Song sparrows
American goldfinches--looked like juveniles
Whistler also had a few highlights.
4 Blue Grouse
--at least 2 still had down, indicating they were this year's batch, although they were pretty well near adult sizeTownsend's Warbler ;D--male
Several common mergansers
Oregon juncos
Northern Flicker
American Pipits
Stellar's Jays
Immature White-crowned sparrow
Crows
Mallards
House sparrows
And some frustrating little birds that were most likely kinglets (but they moved too fast for me to get a good look at them
), and then a small flock of slightly larger birds that acted a lot kinglets (meaning I didn't get a good look at them). Unfortunately the only notable marking I could see was a large amount of white on the underside of the tail. Their unique calls drew my attention to them in the first place.I was also 30 feet from this black bear, on the corner of the 99 and Lorimer Rd, the main road that goes through the village. Closest I've ever been to a wild bear
. Notice it has a collar and an ear tag indicating it was tracked and/or studied, I guess?Well, that's my report--not much of a birding trip, but at least I got purple martin out of the deal.
--Jeff
Townsend's warbler was on your list of to see birds too wasnt it? That bear is cool! Im not sure what the deal with the collar is either, but I also assume it's for study (satelite?). I like the pileated woodpecker shot too, not only because it isnt everyday you see two together AND have a camera, but it shows what digital zoom is about as fouram was asking about cameras recently. The digital zoom is great to get in closer for ID shots, but it doesnt make a very crisp image sadly.