Post by Gord on Apr 11, 2024 21:11:27 GMT -8
Benny and I took a quick run up to Hope Airport to see what spring had going on. Still lots of robins in flocks on migration. White-crowned Sparrow numbers are building. We heard Puget and Gambell's singing. By later spring it seems mostly the Puget Sound population will be there. Savannah Sparrows look to have just arrived with lots of sorting out territory activity going on with singing and chasing each other around. One brown sparrow caught our eye. We waited it out and a Vesper Sparrow came into view.
_0245351 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
Golden-crowned Sparrow still molting
_0245355 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
We spotted five Mountain Bluebirds and not far away, was a Say's Phoebe
_0245372 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
We had Downy Woodpecker and Pileated Woodpecker in the same area. The Pileated was really going to town on this tree
_0245363 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
Yellow-rumped Warblers are building in numbers. A couple flocks of California Gull flew over fairly high up heading east. All were adults which seems to be typical.
At home we had a Townsend's Solitaire waiting for us in the backyard.
Late this afternoon on South Sumas we had a flock of 11 Black-bellied Plovers. Spring is really picking up!
_0245351 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrGolden-crowned Sparrow still molting
_0245355 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrWe spotted five Mountain Bluebirds and not far away, was a Say's Phoebe
_0245372 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrWe had Downy Woodpecker and Pileated Woodpecker in the same area. The Pileated was really going to town on this tree
_0245363 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrYellow-rumped Warblers are building in numbers. A couple flocks of California Gull flew over fairly high up heading east. All were adults which seems to be typical.
At home we had a Townsend's Solitaire waiting for us in the backyard.
Late this afternoon on South Sumas we had a flock of 11 Black-bellied Plovers. Spring is really picking up!
