*No* Dowie Dilemma!

This gallery contains 5 photos. Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitchers can be the novice birder’s bane–particularly when they are so far away that proper identification–via field marks that may change–is difficult. 

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

This gallery contains 2 photos. A couple of rather noisy, long distance shots of Yellow-Rumped Warblers taken at sunset at Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area on September 21. This is the Audubon “variety”,

Orange-Crowned Warbler

Bird species #138 on my life list was spotted making a very quiet, song-free “hop-fly-hop” circuit of my backyard from bush to tree to bush in the mid-morning hours of September 5, when the midsummer sun has a hard time

A Curious Bufflehead Drake

This gallery contains 2 photos. This is the famed Bufflehead drake sentry that calls Burnaby Lake home, and he takes his patrol duty very seriously — giving me a quick onceover as he swings by the floating dock. Buffleheads are

Bearded Reedlings

This gallery contains 2 photos. Looking somewhat like an imperious and pompous mandarin with long black mustaches and golden silk robes, this male Bearded Reedling is thinking that there is no way I’m getting 

A Purple Finch and Her Berries

This gallery contains 2 photos. These berries are worth the risk! One of two female Purple Finches who ventured out to the outer walking trails of the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary to quietly nibble at these

Red-Winged Laughingthrush

This gallery contains 2 photos. Noisy (but not unbearably loud) and restless during our first two meetings, the typically elusive Red-Winged Laughingthrush was uncharacteristically front-and-center during

Green-Winged Teals

This gallery contains 2 photos. A male Green-Winged Teal enjoys the calm waters of Piper Spit/Burnaby Lake. Only at Burnaby Lake can we see these diminutive dabbling ducks (the smallest in North America) literally

Clark’s Nutcracker

My first meeting with one of (at least) two Clark’s Nutcrackers who were frequenting Manning Park Resort in the early morning and afternoon. Like Gray Jays, Clark’s Nutcrackers are quite bold and will approach visitors