Fall/Winter Birding

[10aciousfaith]

Hello:

I thought I'd make "what might be" a last trip down to Delta/Tsawassen before the new year. I went with John Morgan. Before heading west, we made a stop at Willband to try to locate the Redhead- a would-be Lifer for me. We soon found groups of ducks in the north pond, the Redhead mixed in with Mallards, Buffleheads, Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaups, and Canvasbacks. The rain in Abbotsford and White Rock changed to cool, cloudy weather. Much better! Enjoy our lists!


Joan Morgan (John)
4:53 PM (18 hours ago)

to me
12/06/12. With Damion
65 records of 65 species seen or heard at 6 location(s) on 2012-12-06.


Willband - Abbotsford (4.0)

1 Cackling Goose
1 Canada Goose
1 American Wigeon
1 Mallard
1 Northern Shoveler
1 Northern Pintail
1 Green-winged Teal
1 Canvasback
1 Redhead
1 Ring-necked Duck
1 Lesser Scaup
1 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
1 Ruddy Duck
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Bald Eagle
1 American Coot
1 Northwestern Crow
1 Song Sparrow

None

1 Trumpeter Swan
1 Hooded Merganser
1 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Rock Pigeon
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove
1 European Starling

White Rock Pier -- White Rock

1 Greater Scaup
1 Surf Scoter
1 White-winged Scoter
1 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Pelagic Cormorant
1 American Robin
1 House Sparrow

Boundary Bay - 72nd St., Delta

1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Snowy Owl
1 Short-eared Owl
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Spotted Towhee
1 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Golden-crowned Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Purple Finch
1 House Finch


Reifel Bird Sanctuary--delta

1 Snow Goose
1 Wood Duck
1 Gadwall
1 Common Merganser
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 American Coot
1 Sandhill Crane
1 Northern Flicker
1 Northern Shrike
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Fox Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco

Tsawassen ferry terminal

1 Brant
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Black Turnstone
2 Black Oystercatcher

Report posted directly from Birdwatcher's Diary for iPhone


Sent from my iPhone


Damion
Wild Birds Unlimited

[birder1942]

Way to go Damion, another lifer! I'm glad you got the Shrike as well. John Vooys, Abbotsford.

[10aciousfaith]

Hi John:

Thank you for the "Redhead" Bird Alert. The Shrike was flying across a pond at Reifel in its undulating fashion. At first I thought it was a N. Flicker.