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Post by Gord on Aug 8, 2021 15:19:16 GMT -8
We we at the park for our family walk this afternoon and it was timely that a Black Phoebe was seen yesterday! I was expecting one to show one day given how perfect the habitat was. We walked the floating walkway trail to no avail. A snack and Loop Trail walk with a nice hello to Len and Dian and we went back. While Benny was trying to photograph some Western Wood-Pewee at the lake outflow (50 m before the first floating walkway section) I saw in the distance, up high against the bright sky, what I thought was another pewee but then it started to wag its tail! Not usually does a Black Phoebe get way up high like that. 021_5411 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr It then flew over the trail into the lake near the control structure and fed on the logs there a little bit but then went back north. There's a small pond just north of the outflow creek that might be attractive to it. Given all the pewees feeding over the creek, there's lots of food there too which might be a draw. We saw it come in a couple more times but then disappeared north again as wasn't seen. Good luck to Anne expiallyd hope it comes out again. Nice to see you. This is a young bird hatched earlier this year. 021_5407 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
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Post by oldfulica on Aug 8, 2021 17:15:42 GMT -8
We went back to find the Phoebe after talking to you guys but didn't locate the bird. We should have waited for you. I wonder if it went down the outflow creek. Glad you got it.
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Post by Gord on Aug 9, 2021 17:43:32 GMT -8
Several of us looked throughout the day with no luck. There was a Solitary Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs near the start of the Loop Trail. A family of Belted Kingfishers and several families of Eastern Kingbird made quite the racket. Nice to see those who came out for a look today
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Post by Gord on Aug 10, 2021 8:25:51 GMT -8
This morning the phoebe was seen briefly west of the viewing platform at the picnic area. It moved NW towards the creek outflow where we saw it on Sunday but I couldn’t find it. Perhaps it went further north again?
Two Solitary Sandpiper; one near the start of the Loop Trail and the second also on the Loop Trail in the Beaver Pond. Two Black Swift overhead and the Red Crossbills are all over! At the creek outflow there was a lot of action including a family of Bullock’s Oriole and a Macagillvray’s Warbler.
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