Friday, May 16, 2014

Richmond Hummers

Well, last weekend it was hummers at Deer lake, this weekend (Mar 16) it was Richmond Nature Park in the rain.
I tweaked my knee a bit at work last week and it left me immobile friday and saturday but this morning i was able to get out a bit.
Started off at Iona and took a walk around the ponds to see if the Tufted duck was apparent, it wasn't and i wasn't going to scan through the whole flock, lighting wasn't great, it was raining and i have it already so, off to Riverport to look for the Townsend's Solitaire. All i knew was that it was being seen near the Old Spaghetti Factory so a quick wander around the parking lot yielded nothing, off to Richmond Nature park next, they have a covered area where i have shot in the rain before and this time i actually set up my camera and took a few shots at +1000 ISO.
Saw my first Rufous of the year along with a few Anna's fighting for territory near the feeders.

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Downy Woodpecker

You can always tell when someone has been shooting at the nature centre feeders because the BG gets that robin's egg blue hue from the nature centre walls.

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The Waiting Area

The Waiting Area