Seasons Greetings, Bloggers!

Best wishes to you and your loved ones this holiday season–however you choose to celebrate the end of 2015. May 2016 prove to be a positively eventful year for us all. Stay safe, keep those creative juices flowing, and

Semipalmated Plover

I’m closing out 2015 with blogpost #803 and a very special bird. I missed seeing one of these tiny plovers during the summer (mentioned in reply to one of my WordPress followers on my Killdeer post earlier this year),

Barrow’s Goldeneyes

This gallery contains 2 photos. This is the first time I’ve been to Stanley Park in the autumn. On a chilly November 29, the waters were teeming with so much winged wildlife, including American Wigeons, Black

Ring-Billed Gull in Flight

Doing a flyby over the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway at very close range on an early and blustery Friday afternoon was this adult Ring-Billed Gull. I found that the downstroke to be even more dramatic than the

2 Spotted Towhees

This gallery contains 2 photos. I’d hardly call a Spotted Towhee “a cute little bird”. The red eyes on this large sparrow are mesmerizing and can best be described as eerie. The song that it sings is far from being music 

Snow Bunting

I saw a snowflake–an alias of the Snow Bunting–hopping up and over the logs–just as I was going to try my luck for other birds on the north side of the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty on November 19. He was hanging out with a

Wow, a Whimbrel!

This gallery contains 3 photos. The sudden appearance of this late migrant Whimbrel on the south side of the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on a very gusty November 19 made us reconsider our decision to leave the area. It was

Golden-Crowned Sparrows

This gallery contains 2 photos. Golden-Crowned Sparrows, like their cousins, the White-Crowned Sparrows, go through distinct changes in seasonal plumage. Photographed in the backyard on October 18. Juveniles and first