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Post by ziff on Jul 2, 2010 14:54:10 GMT -8
Camped at Gun Cr. no birds when we got there but on the last morning they all arrived [birds of a feather flock together, more like all birds flock together]. cedar waxwings ,chipping sparrow, yellow r. warbler, western tananger. And this nest , which i believe belonged to a warbling vireo, yes? . I'm a bad birder but i did get a view of its eyebrow, and its pale yellow underneath.
in the morning went over to Mowson pond, beautifull spot, i usuallly rush past on the way to some hike, saw catbird, grebes, piebilled? and a sapsucker , not red breasted. + 1 brown bird water thrush or sparrow 
And in addition, the moment of a lifetime, the Canada Lynx, after this shot is it moved into the bush and layed down. I looked into its eyes with the bins [ to excited for another pic] , reminded me of some cats i've known.
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Post by murraybrown on Jul 2, 2010 15:26:05 GMT -8
Great report Ziff. And nice find on the cat. What an interesting looking animal. Just look at the legs on that guy!
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Post by Chris on Jul 2, 2010 21:17:16 GMT -8
Thanks for the report Ziff. I had to look on the map where Gold Bridge was. I have looked at Warbling Vireos nests on the internet and it looks similar to the one in your picture but I'm not sure. Nice find on the Lynx!! Such a gorgeous animals and they can be very difficult to find.
Chris
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Post by Gord on Jul 2, 2010 22:14:39 GMT -8
Ziff, I also love your Lynx pictures! How lucky!! Thanks for sharing your photos and report. Some good birds you had there. I agree with Chris on the vireo nest. They live to hang them in such a fashion.
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Post by ziff on Jul 3, 2010 18:20:19 GMT -8
there is always lots to do up there, hiking of course , but lots of old mines to find, right around Bralorne there seems to be a halo of the more volatile elements, mercury ,antimony,quite unusual. the other thing i like about the drier areas is the variety of strange filies, especially bee mimics, like this one, Trichiotinus assimilis, a bee mimic weevil, which i found on a wild rose.
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Post by oldfulica on Jul 4, 2010 6:04:26 GMT -8
Nice to see the Lynx pix. Congratulations on an elusive subject. I too had to google map Goldbridge. Will have to get up there someday.
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Post by Larry Cowan on Jul 6, 2010 8:59:29 GMT -8
A friend of mine does a Breeding Bird Survey each spring along a 25 mile stretch of Carpenter Lake. We start at the dam and work our way over 50 stops, 1/2 mile apart, to a spot about 20km from the town of Goldbridge. This year's survey was on June 20. This was later than most other years, the norm being the 1st or 2nd weekend in June. It is a long morning which starts at 4:30 AM.
The most abundant bird was the Warbling Verio. We must have had them at over 80% of our stops. Western Tanager was also a very abundant species along with Dusky Flycatcher. We did add a few new birds to our list: Rock Wren, Calliope Hummgbird and believe it or not Mallard. We had 33 species on this years survey.
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