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Post by Gord on Nov 8, 2011 12:00:54 GMT -8
I am now looking at a Black Phoebe south of the water jump. You can't miss it as it is very vocal!!! I hope this gets through.
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Post by butterfly on Nov 8, 2011 15:58:39 GMT -8
Awesome sighting Gord!!!!!
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Post by birdtrekkerbc on Nov 8, 2011 17:56:45 GMT -8
Great sighting Gord. I'm curious as to how many times a Black Phoebe has shown up on the Fraser Valley list.
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Post by oldfulica on Nov 8, 2011 18:12:01 GMT -8
I am now looking at a Black Phoebe south of the water jump. You can't miss it as it is very vocal!!! I hope this gets through. Beauty Gord-where is the water jump? |
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Post by Chris on Nov 8, 2011 22:57:37 GMT -8
Gord fantastic sighting.
Nice work posting from the 'field' as well.
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Post by Gord on Nov 9, 2011 0:31:00 GMT -8
Les, I think this is the first record for the checklist area. Len, the water jump is where you and I saw the N. Mockingbird last year. The main riding ring is there too. Chris, technology worked out this time! We dont always get along.  More details. Going about my day, I heard a different sound going "peek peek peek!" in the distance. I detoured to check it out, despite historical experience where such similar odd sounds finds me face to face with a cheeky squirrel. However, I was met with this sight. ;D  This comes after looking at Bruce and Joanne's excellent photos from their trip and, among the rest, admiring the Black Phoebes. The bird was very active. Calling constantly and hardly sitting still. This was my first, but Dave tells me this is typical. It buzzed around a bit and then headed further south into the field and boggy section. It kept going south but I hope it sticks around. More pictures.    There were good numbers of American Robins about and I enjoyed pausing to watch them bathe.  That's a chubby robin!!  The Cackling Geese were still around. Something must have scared them up from the field they were feeding on as they came to the pond making a huge racket.  A bit later a flock of five Common Redpoll flew over. I heard them coming and mused that if I didnt know better, that sounds like redpolls. I saw them as they passed, but if they were not vocalizing, I wouldnt have been able to say they were not Pine Siskins. Maybe it will be a redpoll year again. Looking back I have a few records of almost every other year, but 2001 was a very good winter with several sightings. Early November is a little on the early side for them too; at least according to the data we have for them for around here. I was not really birding, but noted a couple Fox Sparrows, several Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a Western Grebe. |
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Post by oldfulica on Nov 9, 2011 8:36:24 GMT -8
Len, the water jump is where you and I saw the N. Mockingbird last year. The main riding ring is there too. Thanks Gord-I will see if I can get out there today. Nice shots too. |
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Post by butterfly on Nov 9, 2011 12:39:00 GMT -8
Great work getting super photos of a very rare bird!!! Love those Robins too!
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Post by kestrel on Nov 9, 2011 15:53:13 GMT -8
Great shots and find!
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Post by oldfulica on Nov 9, 2011 17:21:24 GMT -8
I went out to Island 22 this afternoon but couldn't relocate the Phoebe. Did anyone else have any luck?? I have got 4 or 5 Annas at my feeder. Here is one of them;  |
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Post by Dave on Nov 9, 2011 19:26:34 GMT -8
Super photo, Len! Did you use flash to get all the colours to show? Sorry to hear you did not see the Black Phoebe. I didn't try today and it will be tough for me to get out of work to even try before dark these days!
Thanks for sharing the photo and updating about the phoebe.
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Post by Gord on Nov 9, 2011 22:35:49 GMT -8
Hi everyone, I did not hear of any sightings today and because I was working with Dave today, I was not able to get out there either.
Len, that is a fantastic photo! Wow!!!
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Post by oldfulica on Nov 10, 2011 8:05:53 GMT -8
Super photo, Len! Did you use flash to get all the colours to show? Sorry to hear you did not see the Black Phoebe. I didn't try today and it will be tough for me to get out of work to even try before dark these days! Thanks for sharing the photo and updating about the phoebe. Thanks Dave-no flash used and it was quite dull outside. I used manual priority on the camera and had ISO at 800. |
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Post by oldfulica on Nov 10, 2011 8:09:21 GMT -8
Len, that is a fantastic photo! Wow!!! Thanks Gord. There was a female using that perch for quite a while and she would chase all the others away. Haven' seen her for a while and this male has taken over guard duties. |
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Post by davidandkaren on Nov 10, 2011 10:10:33 GMT -8
Wowsers! That's an incredible hummingbird photo.
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