Yesterday morning I got up and headed down to Cattle point hoping to find some birds. This is the first time I have been down there with a low tide and it looked pretty different that it does at high tide. With the mud and smaller rocks exposed it made an ideal location to spot some shore birds such as Black Oystercatchers.
In one of the tide pools in the rocks there was also a lone Least Sandpiper that I spent some time watching.
I have not posted for a while due to the fact that I went on a 10 day road trip through BC and into Alberta. I have finally got a number of photos edited and I should be posting more each day.
I started my journey in Victoria and made my way toward Lac le Jeune to spend my first night. I have spent a few nights here before and have always been impressed with the wildlife that you are able to spot here specially birds. This time did not disappoint as I found a number of bird nests and was able get some great shots.
A female Mountain Bluebird
Male Mountain Bluebird
Northern Flicker
Camp for the night
Next stop is Wells Gray Provincial park which has some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Canada and the world.
I have been spending a fair bit of time out at Albert Head Lagoon since I found a family of killdeers out there. I have been going back on a semi regular basis and little seems to have changed. Was out there again tonight and instead of just taking more shots of the killdeers I also did a few landscapes.
I also did take a few of the killdeers as well.
There has also been a family of ducks who are growing up fast, last time I saw them they where still little ducklings, mum is still keeping a lookout for them but they are much bigger now.
I have been exceptionally busy and I was out of town for the long weekend and weekend the weather was less than ideal but I still managed to get out for a bit to get some photos. This morning I made a trip over to Albert Head Lagoon looking for shore birds. While the tide was up and there was not much of the tidal flat exposed there where a number of Killdeers around, some of which where nesting. I spent the better part of the morning crawling around in the tidal flats chasing after these guys.
Today I stopped in at Swan Lake to see how spring was progressing. Progressing is the wrong word because it seems that spring is in full swing with many of the trees getting there leaves and even flowers! Along with all the new growth it seems like the bird population has swelled as the weather has warmed up.
A Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
There where also a number of Ring-necked Ducks (Aythya collaris).
