Mountain Bluebird

This gallery contains 6 photos. My experiences with photographing songbirds of the blue-colored persuasion–notably, Lazuli Buntings, Steller’s Jays, Harlequin Ducks, and Belted Kingfishers–have been erring

Double-Crested Cormorants

This gallery contains 2 photos. Long a bird whom I’ve only seen from afar on dolphins (dock pilings, not the mammals), or doing flyovers in Stanley Park, the Double-Crested Cormorant looks

American Goldfinches

This gallery contains 4 photos. After two years of trying to entice them into the backyard with nyjer seeds, sunflower seeds, bird bath, and fresh water, our efforts bore fruit about 2 weeks ago when I noticed the olive-

2 Red-Tailed Hawks

This gallery contains 3 photos. Perhaps the most commonly seen hawk in Metro Vancouver (if not North America) is the Red-Tailed Hawk. I spotted this banded adult on a power line while driving through Ladner (en route to

Western Meadowlark

This gallery contains 2 photos. Although I have heard their beautiful song before (thanks to quite a few birdsong mobile apps)–a liquid, warbling melody that has made them the state birds in six American states–this is 

2 Northern Flickers

This gallery contains 4 photos.  Northern Flickers are the second largest woodpeckers in North America, but I have had much better luck approaching the much smaller Downies than these. Flickers–both Intergrade and 

2 Pine Siskins

This gallery contains 2 photos. Although not irrupting in the numbers that they were early last year, we are getting a regular number of visits from these adorably tiny finches. They may be small, but I recently witnessed

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),

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