Winter Oddity #2: Cape May Warbler in BC

This gallery contains 3 photos. Cape May Warblers are rarely sighted west of Alberta, so to see this photogenic New World warbler tucking into the equally mysteriously flowering mahonia (aka Oregon Grape) and the local grub in the dead of winter in Abbotsford in mid-January 2019 ticked so many boxes.

Winter Oddity #1: Great Egret in Langley

This gallery contains 3 photos. I finally met this elegant wader after narrowly missing the opportunity by a day almost 3 years ago at the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Ladner. On the tip of another eagle-eyed birder, my subject showed up after just a few hours of our waiting for it on a mild winter afternoon.

Lincoln’s Sparrow: A Secretive Songbird for (Almost) All Seasons

This gallery contains 3 photos. Spunky songbird? Check. Puffball with a peaked coif? Check. Capable of balancing a seed on the tip of its tongue? Check. The Lincoln’s Sparrow, which is widespread through most of North and Central America, is no shrinking violet.