New Year’s Day Birds

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Catherine and I got the new year off to a good start with an early-morning trip to Boundary Bay, in the hopes of seeing some owls. We did not manage to see any except for a solitary Short-eared Owl from a distance, but we made up for it with some other great birds!

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We weren’t the only ones out there, several other bird-spotters had already arrived.

 

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Harriers were the most common raptors we saw flying over the beach and grasslands.

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We saw a couple of dives for voles, but no captures.

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I like the light tones of the frosty ground in this one.

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In between feeding, this female flicker was investigating this hole. Perhaps she nested in it previously, or is planning to!

 

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This gorgeous pup was having a great outing!

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A House Finch male was a bright splash of colour on the dead branches.

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An odd posture as the finch changes positions.

 

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This female was a bit more shy.

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A harrier doing a close flyby.

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There were a bunch of Kildeers on the icy fields, but seemed to disappear when they stood still.

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Our final cool bird was the European Starling, which was posing nicely for us on a sunny branch.

 

 

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