Caribou Birding

[cwjury]

Hi- Just spent another 10 days up at my property at bridge lake. Birding list is now at 60 species on our property and over 100 species along our road since May 1. Some of the birds on this trip were:

Sharp-shinned hawk
Northern Waterthrush
Sandhill Cranes
Townsend Warblers
Common Snipe
Yellow Rumps
Orange-Crown
Yellow Throats
Yellow Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Swainsen Thrush
Marsh Wren
N/ Flicker
Three Toe
Downy Wp
Hairy Wp
Red-Nape Wp
Pileated Wp
Bald Eagle
Blue Heron
BC Chickadee
Mountain Chckadee
Red-Breast Nut hatch
Calipe Hummers
Rufous Hummer
Gray Jay
Red crossbills
Catbirds
A. Coots
Pied grebe
Red Tail Hawk
Marsh Hawk
Merlin
Lincoln Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Winter Wren
Juncos
Pine Siskens
Purple Finches
Gold Finch
RW Blackbirds
Belted Kingfisher
Osperey
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlgs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Duck
Mallard Duck
Scaups
Common Merganser
Hoody Merganser
A. Crow
Raven
Brewers Blackbird
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
RC Kinglet
GC Kinglet

This fall and winter we are staring to create a 3 acre wetland- hopefully next year we will be attracting more waterfowl.

Thanks
Cliff Jury
Backyard Birding Stores
Abbotsford & Chilliwack

[Gord]

Cliff, sounds like you have a great little haven there! Good birds you were seeing. The wetland should make things even better. I look forward to hearing about how it works!