Post by Gord on Sept 20, 2006 10:39:29 GMT -8
Went for a drive with Jamie while the younger ones napped.
Stopped to check a flock of swallows on Banford Rd and found a bank swallow and two cliff swallows among probably 75 barn swallows and close to 20 violet-green swallows. While we were here, a lonely Vaux's swift flew over too.
Went on to Cheam Lake and had a walk out to the viewing platform. Didnt see much small bird wise, but then always tricky when birding with someone who currently possesses two speaking volumes; loud and louder. ;D
We saw:
Pied-billed Grebe 10+
Horned Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 60+
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 15+
American Wigeon 1
Northern Shoveler 2
Ring-necked Duck 35+
Ruddy Duck 1 female
American Coot 12
Belted Kingfisher 2
Steller's Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Black-throated Grey Warber 1
White-crowned Sparrow 2 immature
Stopped to check a flock of swallows on Banford Rd and found a bank swallow and two cliff swallows among probably 75 barn swallows and close to 20 violet-green swallows. While we were here, a lonely Vaux's swift flew over too.
Went on to Cheam Lake and had a walk out to the viewing platform. Didnt see much small bird wise, but then always tricky when birding with someone who currently possesses two speaking volumes; loud and louder. ;D
We saw:
Pied-billed Grebe 10+
Horned Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 60+
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 15+
American Wigeon 1
Northern Shoveler 2
Ring-necked Duck 35+
Ruddy Duck 1 female
American Coot 12
Belted Kingfisher 2
Steller's Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Black-throated Grey Warber 1
White-crowned Sparrow 2 immature
