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Post by murraybrown on Mar 30, 2009 14:17:20 GMT -8
Around 10:30 this morning were six WEBB at the Hope Airport. They were in a small deciduous tree on Yale Rd. about 150 meters west of Airport Rd. Yale is the main road that runs along the south perimeter of the airport.
I was on a Steelhead fishing expedition and of course didn't have my camera with me, which was a shame as they were quite tame and not at all nervous.
I checked back about two hours later and could not relocate them.
I did however find one of Gord's Northern Shrikes.
Murray
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Post by Gord on Mar 30, 2009 20:59:31 GMT -8
Murray, excellent sighting!! WOW! Just when I thought March was going to be sort of on the slow side as well (compared to last March, mind you, Kev got one male Western in Agassiz) How many males and females for the record book were there? Too bad no camera!! Not to rub it in, what if you caught and released one of those famed 50lb steelhead? If I can guess the system you're fishing, a 12lb fish is probably equal to a 50lber though.  |
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Post by murraybrown on Mar 31, 2009 9:18:52 GMT -8
Gord, I might just as well have left the gear at home and stuck with the camera!
There were 4 males and possibly 3 females. I only had a fleeting glimpse of the seventh bird and it could have have been something else as it dropped from the tree and into the field.
Murray
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Post by Gord on Mar 31, 2009 19:36:47 GMT -8
Thanks Murray!
Sounds like a skunking on the river as well. Such is fishing (but not why I gave it up so what little spare time I have I can use to bird, as I ended up looking at birds more than I fished anyway! ;D )
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Post by butterfly on Apr 1, 2009 19:18:56 GMT -8
Great sighting!!! Exciting!
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