Post by Chris on Aug 23, 2012 20:49:07 GMT -8
Damion and I went to Boundary Bay in the morning. Unfortunately, we hit a low high tide. Still a good number of shorebirds but quite a few were a long way out which made IDing them impossible.
We parked at 104th, walked a little ways east, then walked west to 96th along the dyke.
A few Pintails have arrived already at the bay. As we made our way west, the tide was coming in and shorebirds began to appear. Lots of Western Sandpipers and Black-bellied Plovers. Spotted a few Least Sandpipers close to the dyke. There was also a small flock of Baird's Sandpipers
Two of them
In front of the mansion near 96th were lots of yellowlegs, a few Red-necked Phalaropes and a couple of Pectoral Sandpipers. While we were observing the birds three Peregrine Falcons made an appearance. At one point one of the falcons almost succeeded in getting a yellowlegs.
Very nice outing with some good success with shorebirds given that it was a low high tide.
List
Canada Goose 35
Mallard 50
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 5
Green-winged Teal 2
Common Loon 1
Great Blue Heron 37
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 4
Black-bellied Plover 500
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Western Sandpiper 300
Least Sandpiper 8
Baird's Sandpiper 7
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Red-necked Phalarope 4
Ring-billed Gull 15
California Gull 3
Glaucous-winged Gull 5
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Peregrine Falcon 3
Northwestern Crow 50
Barn Swallow 35
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 10
Common Yellowthroat 6
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 1
We parked at 104th, walked a little ways east, then walked west to 96th along the dyke.
A few Pintails have arrived already at the bay. As we made our way west, the tide was coming in and shorebirds began to appear. Lots of Western Sandpipers and Black-bellied Plovers. Spotted a few Least Sandpipers close to the dyke. There was also a small flock of Baird's Sandpipers
Two of them
In front of the mansion near 96th were lots of yellowlegs, a few Red-necked Phalaropes and a couple of Pectoral Sandpipers. While we were observing the birds three Peregrine Falcons made an appearance. At one point one of the falcons almost succeeded in getting a yellowlegs.
Very nice outing with some good success with shorebirds given that it was a low high tide.
List
Canada Goose 35
Mallard 50
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 5
Green-winged Teal 2
Common Loon 1
Great Blue Heron 37
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 4
Black-bellied Plover 500
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Western Sandpiper 300
Least Sandpiper 8
Baird's Sandpiper 7
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Red-necked Phalarope 4
Ring-billed Gull 15
California Gull 3
Glaucous-winged Gull 5
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Peregrine Falcon 3
Northwestern Crow 50
Barn Swallow 35
European Starling 35
Cedar Waxwing 10
Common Yellowthroat 6
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 1
