Vancouver Birding Jan 2 with species list

[Dave]

I dropped my Dad off at the airport this morning, so I took some time to go birding in the area. Came up with a list of 52 different species, including 17 Snowy Owls, 1 Short-Eared Owl, and 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl. (I was most impressed with the Saw-whet, of course). I had a chance to try out the new camera so here are just a few of the many pictures.

Dave

My young nephew came with me and took good notes of what we saw, including the numbers. He deserves all the credit for his hard work!

Here they are in no particular order.



19 Great-Blue Heron
3 Black-crowned Night Herons
250+ Trumpeter Swans
530 American Wigeon
1500+ Mallard
238 Pintail
50 Scaup
109 Canada Geese
10 Green-winged Teal
20 American Coot
12 Common Merganser
26 Bufflehead
26 Ringed-Neck Duck
12 Gadwall
5 Western Grebe
8 Common Goldeneye
205 Shovelers
19 Double-crested Cormorant
75 Black-bellied Plover
1 American-Golden Plover
9 Killdeer
80 Dunlin
2 Greater Yellowlegs
12 Bald Eagle
6 Red-tailed Hawk
8 Northern Harrier
1 Northern Shrike
1 Short-eared Owl
17 Snowy Owl
1 Northern Saw-whet Owl
2 Flicker
1 Downy Woodpecker
Lots Crows
600+ Glaucous-winged Gulls
200+ Thayer's Gulls
1 Mew Gull
Lots Starlings
1 Western Meadowlark
11 Robins
160 Rock Dove
3 Red-winged Blackbird
Lots Brewer's Blackbird
3 Spotted Towhee
7 Song Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow
30+ Golden-crowned Sparrow
4 White-crowned Sparrow
33 House Sparrow
34 House Finch
22 Black-capped Chickadee
14 Junco

[Gord]

Great birds and good pictures! Like the Saw-whet owl pic. Cute little guy.

The Am Plover a good sighting! 17 Snowys! Woah! There has to be more than one or two out this way!