Post by murraybrown on Jul 12, 2008 10:58:27 GMT -8
Hi all,
I have recently returned from a 9,000 km., 6 week birding/exploration trip of the north country. My wife and I took our little dog with us in our truck camper. We left on May 27 and returned July 3.
There were a few target birds that I wanted for my B. C. list and a couple more for the N. American list. [ABA]
It's hard to know where to begin, as Alaska alone would fill a birding report, as would the Yukon and even northern B.C.
So in order to be brief I will list only the birds that I found as somewhat interesting.
My first stop was at Spence's Bridge where I confirmed the presence of the nesting Lewis's Woodpeckers for at least the fourth consecutive year. In the Del Rio marsh north of Chetwynd, bird expert extraordinaire, Mark Phinney, finally found me a calling, Yellow Rail. Mark is a biologist in Dawson Creek and knows the Peace country birds probably better than anyone I know.
Also in Del Rio were birds such as Philadelphia Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Black-throated Green Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Least and Alder Flycatcher, Swamp Sparrow, Magnolia, Black and White, Palm and Canada Warblers. Also Ovenbird and many others which I have temporarily forgotten.
As great as they all were, they were all repeats of previous trips, so onwards and upwards.
The next interesting sighting for me was a perched Northern Hawk Owl sitting on the utility wires along the Alaska Hwy. a few kms. south of Ft. Nelson. Which is one of the most likely spots to see these birds.
I will add a part two to continue this report.
Murray Brown
Agassiz
I have recently returned from a 9,000 km., 6 week birding/exploration trip of the north country. My wife and I took our little dog with us in our truck camper. We left on May 27 and returned July 3.
There were a few target birds that I wanted for my B. C. list and a couple more for the N. American list. [ABA]
It's hard to know where to begin, as Alaska alone would fill a birding report, as would the Yukon and even northern B.C.
So in order to be brief I will list only the birds that I found as somewhat interesting.
My first stop was at Spence's Bridge where I confirmed the presence of the nesting Lewis's Woodpeckers for at least the fourth consecutive year. In the Del Rio marsh north of Chetwynd, bird expert extraordinaire, Mark Phinney, finally found me a calling, Yellow Rail. Mark is a biologist in Dawson Creek and knows the Peace country birds probably better than anyone I know.
Also in Del Rio were birds such as Philadelphia Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Black-throated Green Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Least and Alder Flycatcher, Swamp Sparrow, Magnolia, Black and White, Palm and Canada Warblers. Also Ovenbird and many others which I have temporarily forgotten.
As great as they all were, they were all repeats of previous trips, so onwards and upwards.
The next interesting sighting for me was a perched Northern Hawk Owl sitting on the utility wires along the Alaska Hwy. a few kms. south of Ft. Nelson. Which is one of the most likely spots to see these birds.
I will add a part two to continue this report.
Murray Brown
Agassiz