Post by Gord on Oct 5, 2024 21:10:41 GMT -8
A little catch up. It does seem things are a little late to leave this fall with a few species still being seen.
Yesterday at East Sector Park was two Western Tanagers. The first one I saw had no tail and odd face pattern or an injury. It was doing well feeding successfully. It was joined soon after by another one.
_0248711 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
_0248719 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
Eagle Point in Harrison Mills had some chum salmon spawning. The water is quite low though. I counted 47 Bald Eagles. The poor weater in the morning looked to have stopped some Green-winged Teal. There were over 500 along the shore including one with some interesting colours which is probably some leucistic? It looked to be a pure green-wing and not a hybrid.
_0248678 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
There were a couple Western Meadowlarks out on the flats. One perched on a log and sang a few times. I saw a flock of about 20 fly up earlier from the highway so they're back in good numbers. The salmon also bringing the gulls joining the growing numbers of eagles. I saw two Herring Gull and a Bonaparte's Gull among the others. Mew Gull have increased a bunch as well.
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler with the white throat extending under the eye towards the nape. Also more streaked on the sides than the Audubon's. They're more obvious in breeding colours. I had not been running into too many Myrtle but the last couple days been more and more. The Audubon's outnumber them considerably though which is expected.
_0248692 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
Audubon's
_0248698 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
_0248705 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
A Belted Kingfisher. They rarely get close so most photos are more scenic in nature.
_0248708 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
The weather was terrible in the morning. Out on Harrison Lake it was not easy to see far with the rain and fog. However an adult Parasitic Jaeger was crusising past and checked out a Mew Gull to make sure it didn't have anything to steal. Some White-winged and Surf Scoter completed the ocean feel. Horned Grebe were pretty numerous with 11 in one little flock.
Thursday along the Fraser in a mixed flock of gulls I saw a Thayer's Gull adult. I don't think I've seen many in early October. A late afternoon visit to Columbia Valley had a late House Wren at the north end of Kosikar Road at the fire hall.
The Grey Catbird from East Sector was still there on Wednesday and posed nicely in a red-osier dogwood. I didn't notice it on Friday.
_0248619 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
Yesterday at East Sector Park was two Western Tanagers. The first one I saw had no tail and odd face pattern or an injury. It was doing well feeding successfully. It was joined soon after by another one.
_0248711 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr_0248719 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrEagle Point in Harrison Mills had some chum salmon spawning. The water is quite low though. I counted 47 Bald Eagles. The poor weater in the morning looked to have stopped some Green-winged Teal. There were over 500 along the shore including one with some interesting colours which is probably some leucistic? It looked to be a pure green-wing and not a hybrid.
_0248678 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrThere were a couple Western Meadowlarks out on the flats. One perched on a log and sang a few times. I saw a flock of about 20 fly up earlier from the highway so they're back in good numbers. The salmon also bringing the gulls joining the growing numbers of eagles. I saw two Herring Gull and a Bonaparte's Gull among the others. Mew Gull have increased a bunch as well.
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler with the white throat extending under the eye towards the nape. Also more streaked on the sides than the Audubon's. They're more obvious in breeding colours. I had not been running into too many Myrtle but the last couple days been more and more. The Audubon's outnumber them considerably though which is expected.
_0248692 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrAudubon's
_0248698 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr_0248705 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrA Belted Kingfisher. They rarely get close so most photos are more scenic in nature.
_0248708 by Geordie LaForge, on FlickrThe weather was terrible in the morning. Out on Harrison Lake it was not easy to see far with the rain and fog. However an adult Parasitic Jaeger was crusising past and checked out a Mew Gull to make sure it didn't have anything to steal. Some White-winged and Surf Scoter completed the ocean feel. Horned Grebe were pretty numerous with 11 in one little flock.
Thursday along the Fraser in a mixed flock of gulls I saw a Thayer's Gull adult. I don't think I've seen many in early October. A late afternoon visit to Columbia Valley had a late House Wren at the north end of Kosikar Road at the fire hall.
The Grey Catbird from East Sector was still there on Wednesday and posed nicely in a red-osier dogwood. I didn't notice it on Friday.
_0248619 by Geordie LaForge, on Flickr
