Birding in BC Community

169A0619-Orange-Crowned Warbler by Patrick Covello, on Flickr

I had seen these around for about a week, near the West Vancouver Seawall, and finally got a shot of one (which helped confirm the ID).

Pat

nice picture!

Very nice additions guys!

Here is a shot of part of a flock of American White Pelicans that touched down for an overnight stay here on Tucelnuit Lake in Oliver. There were 25 pelicans by my count in this latest flock.


American White Pelicans

Had a second encounter with a Red-naped Sapsucker above Osoyoos a short while back. Not as uncommon as the Williamson's Sapsucker but a fun bird none the less.


Red-naped Sapsucker

From Brydon Lagoon in Langley today -

Green Heron by Jewill on Flickr

Cackling Goose (Minima) by Jewill on Flickr

Nice adds everyone!

I saw a couple more signs of spring this week:

Western Tanager


Townsend's Warbler

Great finds and captures "Z"! Both the Townsend's and the Tanager are wonderful birds!
I am waiting patiently for our first Western Tanagers here in the South Okanagan... fingers crossed!

Found this Warbling Vireo near Okanagan Falls last Friday. Pleasant surprise in a bush full of White-crowns!


Warbling Vireo

I ventured out to Brydon Lagoon late this afternoon - not that many birds around but I did come away with this. It's the first time I've seen Greater White-fronted Geese at Brydon (there were 4 in total) all of them either fully asleep (with their head tucked under their wing) or, like this guy, half way asleep - after dinner nap no doubt.

Greater White-fronted Goose by Jewill on Flickr

A few more from the past couple of days:

Hammond's Flycatcher


Bonaparte's Gull


And a female Mountain Bluebird:

DSC_3213 (2) by Randy Varga, on Flickr

Patio birding today. Lots of birds but this was the only one to add to the list.

Black-headed Grosbeak (Male) by Jewill on Flickr

From today - sorry about the ugly wire but that's where the bird wanted to be. I think this is a female because of the short tail and virtually no streamers.

Barn Swallow (Female) by Jewill on Flickr

Great additions everyone! Glad to see you out in full force, Ian! Beautiful photos ... everyone else too!
I've got a couple of adds ...
Our friendly neighborhood California Quail are still here in force! Still trying to get a good Male / Female photo, Judy.


The rest are also from the yard here in Kelowna. First, a White-Crowned Sparrow ... don't think we have this one? When they show up, I know that Spring has finally arrived!


We saw this Bullock's Oriole in the neighbor's tree (eating some kind of worm that wraps itself in leaves).




I know we have one of these already, but here's a Pine Siskin at my feeder (which I have now taken down due to the Bird Flu). Frowny face.


Keep up the awesome work, everyone! (I'll update the list)
Happy "doing stuff with birds!"
James

We are at 132 birds ... excellent work, everyone! Happy to see the Band-tailed Pigeon.
lol. I think we may have missed that one last year.

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