Post by kestrel on Oct 10, 2021 20:52:41 GMT -8
Yesterday, Larry, John Vooys, John Gordon, and I headed out to Manning for October's Global Big Day. Thankfully, the weather turned out to be much better than we had expected. At Allison Pass, we were surprised to see a Belted kingfisher fly over. The first highlight of the day was at Strawberry Flats, in the form of an American three-toed woodpecker.
Lightning Lake had some good birds.
In addition to a Western meadowlark, a Surf scoter, and a pair of Snow geese, we also saw a Pacific loon:
Pacific loon by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr
On the road up to the alpine meadows, we enjoyed great views of a Sooty grouse:
Sooty grouse by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr
An unexpected surprise, further up the road, was a large number of White-winged crossbills.
One of them:
White-winged crossbill (female) by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr
The view from the Cascade Lookout is always really nice:
Early snow by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr
By the end of the day, we had 28 species in total, several of which were year birds for some of us.
The lists:
ebird.org/checklist/S95892988
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S95893180
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S95893170
ebird.org/checklist/S95893083
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S95893201
Lightning Lake had some good birds.
In addition to a Western meadowlark, a Surf scoter, and a pair of Snow geese, we also saw a Pacific loon:
Pacific loon by Joel Schmidt, on FlickrOn the road up to the alpine meadows, we enjoyed great views of a Sooty grouse:
Sooty grouse by Joel Schmidt, on FlickrAn unexpected surprise, further up the road, was a large number of White-winged crossbills.
One of them:
White-winged crossbill (female) by Joel Schmidt, on FlickrThe view from the Cascade Lookout is always really nice:
Early snow by Joel Schmidt, on FlickrBy the end of the day, we had 28 species in total, several of which were year birds for some of us.
The lists:
ebird.org/checklist/S95892988
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S95893180
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S95893170
ebird.org/checklist/S95893083
ebird.org/canada/checklist/S95893201