Well our youth birding trip was a fantastic success!
We had such a great time in gorgeous sunshine!
We had eight kids and they all got many lifers!
These are some of the highlights we saw today during our 11.9km hike!
450 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches both the coastal and interior species! What an amazing sight to see such large flocks in swarms like that!
Northern Pygmy-Owl (perched 6 metres away from us!-Wait till you see the kids'pics!
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1 adorable tame as ever Hoary marmot
Pikas
Pine siskins
Evening grosbeak
Varied thrush
Steller's Jays
Mountain chickadees
Chestnut-backed chickadees
Red breasted Nuthatches
RTHA's
3 American Pipits
Golden-crowned kinglets
8 Sharp-shunned Hawks
4 Clark's nutcrackers
Eurasian-Collared Dove
1 Townsend's solitaires
2 Merlins
50 Gray Jays that loved to feed from our head and hands
We dipped on a Ptarmigan but we couldn't complain could we?! It was so wonderful seeing our first Rosy finch from the Peak to Peak gondola, having lunch by such a beautiful lake hiking in the alpine and seeing all these great birds, feeding the Gray Jays with great friends
! Surely a day we won't ever forget and thanks B for baking the delicious cookies!
Thanks guys for an awesome day and all the joy you have brought me this year! This was a terrific way to end our final field trip of the year!
I Look forward to seeing your photos and comments on the trip!
Here is a group shot of the kids from Blackcomb Lake!
Cheers,
Mel