Post by 10aciousfaith on Jan 14, 2012 22:26:57 GMT -8
Hi gang:
About mid-morning, Catherine and I took off for Delta. This was to be our first time seeing the snowy owl. The place was packed, and the snowies were fairly close to the dike. What a sight; what cuties. We ended up arriving at the same time as several Nature Vancouver club members. Cathy and I were 5 or 10 minutes late seeing 2 American Tree Sparrows, as a group with scopes had reported seeing. It would've been a LIFER. Oh well, next time.
Later at Reifel we encountered some folks who reported seeing a barred owl. The owl was sitting in 1 of 3 birch trees nestled together. A gentleman with a massive camera and lense had to point out the outline of the owl, which appeared etched into its bark about 12 feet up. Between our binoculars and his camera, we enjoyed a good look. Now, here's my list of birds. I've combined both sites:
1. Red-Tailed Hawk
2. Northern Harrier-m & f
3. Merlin falcon
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. Bald Eagle
6. North Western Crow
7. European Starling
8. Brewer's Blackbird
9. Red-Winged Blackbird
10.Downy Woodpecker
11.Northern Flicker
12.Sandhill Crane- 7
13.American Robin
14.Black-capped Chickadee
15.Dark-eyed Junco
16.White-crowned Sparrow
17.Golden-crowned Sparrow
18.Song Sparrow
19.House Sparrow
20.Double-crested Cormorant
21.possible Dunlin?- 100 (chased by Merlin)
22.Snowy Owls- 18 (BB) LIFER**
23.Barred Owl- 1st time seeing one in wild
24.Glaucous-winged Gull
25.Great-blue Heron
26.Trumpeter Swan
27.American Wigeon
28.Mallard
29.Lesser Scaup
30.Northern Pintail
31.Common Merganser
32.Bufflehead
33.Northern Shoveler
34.Hooded Merganser
35.Canvasback
36.Wood Duck
Goodnight everyone! Happy Birding!
Damion
About mid-morning, Catherine and I took off for Delta. This was to be our first time seeing the snowy owl. The place was packed, and the snowies were fairly close to the dike. What a sight; what cuties. We ended up arriving at the same time as several Nature Vancouver club members. Cathy and I were 5 or 10 minutes late seeing 2 American Tree Sparrows, as a group with scopes had reported seeing. It would've been a LIFER. Oh well, next time.
Later at Reifel we encountered some folks who reported seeing a barred owl. The owl was sitting in 1 of 3 birch trees nestled together. A gentleman with a massive camera and lense had to point out the outline of the owl, which appeared etched into its bark about 12 feet up. Between our binoculars and his camera, we enjoyed a good look. Now, here's my list of birds. I've combined both sites:
1. Red-Tailed Hawk
2. Northern Harrier-m & f
3. Merlin falcon
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. Bald Eagle
6. North Western Crow
7. European Starling
8. Brewer's Blackbird
9. Red-Winged Blackbird
10.Downy Woodpecker
11.Northern Flicker
12.Sandhill Crane- 7
13.American Robin
14.Black-capped Chickadee
15.Dark-eyed Junco
16.White-crowned Sparrow
17.Golden-crowned Sparrow
18.Song Sparrow
19.House Sparrow
20.Double-crested Cormorant
21.possible Dunlin?- 100 (chased by Merlin)
22.Snowy Owls- 18 (BB) LIFER**
23.Barred Owl- 1st time seeing one in wild
24.Glaucous-winged Gull
25.Great-blue Heron
26.Trumpeter Swan
27.American Wigeon
28.Mallard
29.Lesser Scaup
30.Northern Pintail
31.Common Merganser
32.Bufflehead
33.Northern Shoveler
34.Hooded Merganser
35.Canvasback
36.Wood Duck
Goodnight everyone! Happy Birding!
Damion
