Post by Harrier on Feb 8, 2011 17:27:37 GMT -8
Hi all,
My name is Christian and I moved to Chilliwack about two years ago from Vancouver. I'm 33 and I started birding about 25 years ago. I grew up in Vernon and honed my IDing skills on the feathered denizens of the North Okanagan until I moved to the Lower Mainland in 1996. In the last few years birding has gone on the back burner due to university, a new career (teaching), a new home, a new baby, and a ravenous appetite for flyfishing. A good friend's new interest in birding and a few interesting sightings have recently gotten me excited in the pursuit again, so I thought I'd sign up here.
The report:
I had an interesting drive down the freeway on Sunday on my way home from a morning fishing trip: I was heading westbound and between Annis Rd. and the Gibson Rd. overpass I could very clearly see a Northern Shrike perched in a small bush about 50 feet from the side of the road watching for its next victim. A few minutes later, just west of the Prest Rd. exit, I saw a female Northern Harrier relaxing on the ground in a field.
In an interesting, but very late, report, I saw an Osprey while fishing for cutthroat trout at Morris Lake in mid January! This lake rarely freezes due to the flushing by Weaver Creek, and the nearby spawning channel ensures that there are fish around year-round. I would never expect to see an Osprey in the dead of winter, but this location does seem like one that would reward a bird that didn't feel like making the journey to warmer climes.
My name is Christian and I moved to Chilliwack about two years ago from Vancouver. I'm 33 and I started birding about 25 years ago. I grew up in Vernon and honed my IDing skills on the feathered denizens of the North Okanagan until I moved to the Lower Mainland in 1996. In the last few years birding has gone on the back burner due to university, a new career (teaching), a new home, a new baby, and a ravenous appetite for flyfishing. A good friend's new interest in birding and a few interesting sightings have recently gotten me excited in the pursuit again, so I thought I'd sign up here.
The report:
I had an interesting drive down the freeway on Sunday on my way home from a morning fishing trip: I was heading westbound and between Annis Rd. and the Gibson Rd. overpass I could very clearly see a Northern Shrike perched in a small bush about 50 feet from the side of the road watching for its next victim. A few minutes later, just west of the Prest Rd. exit, I saw a female Northern Harrier relaxing on the ground in a field.
In an interesting, but very late, report, I saw an Osprey while fishing for cutthroat trout at Morris Lake in mid January! This lake rarely freezes due to the flushing by Weaver Creek, and the nearby spawning channel ensures that there are fish around year-round. I would never expect to see an Osprey in the dead of winter, but this location does seem like one that would reward a bird that didn't feel like making the journey to warmer climes.
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