Post by Chris on Oct 2, 2011 18:00:58 GMT -8
Randy and I started off at White Rock Pier. Scoters were numerous. Surf being the most abundant, with a few White-winged mixed in. No Black Scoters. Loons and Grebes were also numerous. Randy's sharp eye spotted a Pacific Loon among the many Common Loons.
White-winged Scoters
Two Surf Scoters eating
Cormorant drying its wings
List for White Rock. Randy, if you noticed any species missing or the numbers are way off, correct me.
American Wigeon 20
Surf Scoter 100
White-winged Scoter 20
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 10
Red-necked Grebe 4
Western Grebe 40
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 5
Glaucous-winged Gull 10
Next stop was Blackie Spit. It was very active here. A few sparrows were in the bushes and a lone Orange-crowned Warbler. The Curlew and three Marbled Godwits were present. At one point a Cooper's Hawk flew into some trees which attracted the attention of Crows.
We walked out to the Spit, American Pipits were flying overhead. There was a small group of Black-belled Plovers and one of the Marbled Godwits joined them.
List for Blackie Spit.
American Wigeon 50
Northern Pintail 50
Green-winged Teal 30
Surf Scoter 25
Common Loon 10
Horned Grebe 8
Red-necked Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 8
Cooper's Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 30
Long-billed Curlew 1
Marbled Godwit 3
Ring-billed Gull 30
Caspian Tern 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Northwestern Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
American Pipit 10
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
Final stop was Boundary Bay. We were hoping for the Hudsonian Godwit, maybe a Golden Plover and a few other shorebird species. The tide was almost all the way in. The highest I have ever seen it. Thousands of ducks in the water. The majority of them were Pintails.
We started walking east from 104th. There was a small area where a few hundred Black-bellied Plovers were. No Godwit though. We continued walking east and then walked back to check out the flock of Plovers. We managed to get the Godwit in the scope. A new species for both of us. There were also Pectoral, Least and Western Sandpipers. We never did see a Golden Plover.
Black-bellied Plover
List for Boundary Bay
American Wigeon 200
Northern Shoveler 10
Northern Pintail 3000
Green-winged Teal 100
Bald Eagle 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 500
Semipalmated Plover 5
Hudsonian Godwit 1
Sanderling 5
Western Sandpiper 100
Least Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 30
Long-billed Dowitcher 10
Ring-billed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northwestern Crow 15
Violet-green Swallow 10
European Starling 30
American Pipit 50
Spotted Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 3
House Finch 5
After Randy took me for a quick walk around his area (Brydon Lagoon). Great area with some 'birdy' habitat. A few duck species and sparrows were the most abundant.
It was an awesome day with great weather. Including the species at Brydon Lagoon, 59 were seen in total.
White-winged Scoters
Two Surf Scoters eating
Cormorant drying its wings
List for White Rock. Randy, if you noticed any species missing or the numbers are way off, correct me.
American Wigeon 20
Surf Scoter 100
White-winged Scoter 20
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 10
Red-necked Grebe 4
Western Grebe 40
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 5
Glaucous-winged Gull 10
Next stop was Blackie Spit. It was very active here. A few sparrows were in the bushes and a lone Orange-crowned Warbler. The Curlew and three Marbled Godwits were present. At one point a Cooper's Hawk flew into some trees which attracted the attention of Crows.
We walked out to the Spit, American Pipits were flying overhead. There was a small group of Black-belled Plovers and one of the Marbled Godwits joined them.
List for Blackie Spit.
American Wigeon 50
Northern Pintail 50
Green-winged Teal 30
Surf Scoter 25
Common Loon 10
Horned Grebe 8
Red-necked Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 8
Cooper's Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 30
Long-billed Curlew 1
Marbled Godwit 3
Ring-billed Gull 30
Caspian Tern 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Northwestern Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
American Pipit 10
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
Final stop was Boundary Bay. We were hoping for the Hudsonian Godwit, maybe a Golden Plover and a few other shorebird species. The tide was almost all the way in. The highest I have ever seen it. Thousands of ducks in the water. The majority of them were Pintails.
We started walking east from 104th. There was a small area where a few hundred Black-bellied Plovers were. No Godwit though. We continued walking east and then walked back to check out the flock of Plovers. We managed to get the Godwit in the scope. A new species for both of us. There were also Pectoral, Least and Western Sandpipers. We never did see a Golden Plover.
Black-bellied Plover
List for Boundary Bay
American Wigeon 200
Northern Shoveler 10
Northern Pintail 3000
Green-winged Teal 100
Bald Eagle 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 500
Semipalmated Plover 5
Hudsonian Godwit 1
Sanderling 5
Western Sandpiper 100
Least Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 30
Long-billed Dowitcher 10
Ring-billed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northwestern Crow 15
Violet-green Swallow 10
European Starling 30
American Pipit 50
Spotted Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 3
House Finch 5
After Randy took me for a quick walk around his area (Brydon Lagoon). Great area with some 'birdy' habitat. A few duck species and sparrows were the most abundant.
It was an awesome day with great weather. Including the species at Brydon Lagoon, 59 were seen in total.
