Post by Gord on Oct 4, 2005 22:07:24 GMT -8
Went fishing for a couple hours this morning down by the train bridge downstream of Lickman Rd, and of course did as much birding as I did fishing.
Lots of yellow-rumped warbers moving through the whole time I was there. Watched an American dipper being chased by a sharp-shinned hawk. The dipper landed quite close to me, and the hawk gave up. Made me wonder if the dipper used me to discourage the hawk. Cute little guy who made his displeasure of being chased quite obvious.
Birds I observed were:
Great blue heron
Canada goose
Mallard
Glaucous-winged gull
Sharp-shinned hawk
Northern flicker
Downy woodpecker
Steller's jay
Northwestern crow
Black-capped chickadee
Brown creeper
Bewick's wren (this is a very reliable place to see these guys almost year round)
Ruby-crowned kinglet
American robin
American pipit (2 flew overhead)
American dipper
Yellow-rumped warbler
Song sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
House finch
American goldfinch (one flew by)
Lots of yellow-rumped warbers moving through the whole time I was there. Watched an American dipper being chased by a sharp-shinned hawk. The dipper landed quite close to me, and the hawk gave up. Made me wonder if the dipper used me to discourage the hawk. Cute little guy who made his displeasure of being chased quite obvious.
Birds I observed were:
Great blue heron
Canada goose
Mallard
Glaucous-winged gull
Sharp-shinned hawk
Northern flicker
Downy woodpecker
Steller's jay
Northwestern crow
Black-capped chickadee
Brown creeper
Bewick's wren (this is a very reliable place to see these guys almost year round)
Ruby-crowned kinglet
American robin
American pipit (2 flew overhead)
American dipper
Yellow-rumped warbler
Song sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
House finch
American goldfinch (one flew by)