Brydon/Yard today

[Randy]

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It was a pretty productive day around my place today. Lots of activity in the yard - multiple sparrow species (fox, song, house, Lincoln, golden-crowned), juncos, towhees, house finches, and of course RW blackbirds and starlings. Added a couple new "yard birds" with a fly by from a harrier and a Bewick's wren that was jumping around in the bushes.

I was treated to a juvenile bald eagle on a power pole right behind my place as well. These pictures were taken from an upstairs window:




My brother is in town this weekend and we went for a walk through the area. At one point we were descended upon by a group of birds containing multiple species - redpolls, siskins, both species of kinglet, BC and CB chickadees, a creeper, and bushtits.

Overall, I tallied 39 species for the day at Brydon. Here's my complete list:


Canada Goose 7
Mallard 50
Northern Shoveler 8
Green-winged Teal 6
Canvasback 6
Lesser Scaup 6
Bufflehead 5
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1
American Coot 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 5
Northern Flicker 2
Steller's Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 30
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5
Bushtit 5
Brown Creeper 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 3
European Starling 25
Spotted Towhee 3
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 10
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
House Finch 6
Common Redpoll 10
Pine Siskin 6
House Sparrow 2

Randy - Langley

[Gord]

Excellent! That's a fine looking eagle. Good finding some redpolls as well among all the birds.

Last weekend the family and I were in Langley and we planned to stop at Brydon to see some of the birds you've been enjoying but the weather did not cooperate.

[Randy]

Thanks for the post Gord. I'm sorry to hear the weather didn't cooperate but happy that others are planning to check out the location. I went out again today with my brother and had 34 species in about 1.5 hours.

Birds seen today that were not present yesterday were DC cormorant, RT hawk, and my first violet-green swallow of the year. No redpolls today unfortunatley.

The bald eagle nest appears to be active again. We saw an eagle grab some long grass, deliver it to the nest, and then sit there for a while. There are great view of the nest from the path.

Here's my complete list from today again:


Canada Goose 8
Mallard 40
Northern Shoveler 12
Canvasback 2
Lesser Scaup 2
Bufflehead 5
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 8
Northern Flicker 3
Steller's Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 20
Violet-green Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Bushtit 12
American Robin 1
European Starling 20
Spotted Towhee 3
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 15
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Red-winged Blackbird 30
House Finch 10
Pine Siskin 15
House Sparrow 6

Randy

[kestrel]

Nice capture and lists!

[martin]

Great lists, looks like a great area real close to you.