Harrison and Cheam Nov 5th

[Chris]

This morning Harrison was quite active. Good numbers of Bufflehead on the lake and Scaup in the lagoon. There was a Canvasback present in the lagoon. On the lake was a Red-necked Grebe and two Horned Grebes.

A Long-tailed Duck was a highlight.


Long-tailed Duck at Harrison Hot Springs--Beach & town

Along the Rocks was a Dunlin.


Dunlin at Harrison Hot Springs--Beach & town

Cheam was fairly active as well. Unfortunately, several dead Cackling Geese and some showing signs of avian flu. Walked both the creek and loop trails. A decent number of Juncos were on the creek trail.


Dark-eyed Junco at Cheam Lake Wetlands Regional Park

[Gord]

Great shot of the Dunlin!

We went to Cheam Lake in the afternoon. While I was counting some Ruddy Duck through the scope (nine of them) Benny said "there's a Townsend's Solitaire". He was right and it was right over our heads on the viewing platform. Nice spotting!

We stopped by the Great Blue Heron Reserve on the way home and there were three Orange-crowned Warblers together in a mixed flock of chickadees and kinglets. This was near the viewing tower