Wanted to share a few shots from the weekend.
I feel i haven't been getting out enough and wanted to get some solid shooting done for a change and hopefully pick up a few of the "rare" birds i've chased unsuccessfully recently.
Saturday morning i headed out to Reifel first thing.
In the back of my mind i wondered if the Hawk-owl would be around but i didn't see it on the drive in and didn't worry to much about it since if i really wanted it i would have gone for it months ago.
Black-crowned Night-heron
Bewick's Wren
Wood Duck
Intergrade Flicker
After Reifel i headed out to the Harris's Sparrow spot in Boundary Bay for second time and was finally rewarded.
Mark Wynja was out looking as well and together we got brief looks at this difficult to photograph (at least at this location) bird.
1 shot was all i got.
Harris's Sparrow
Tsawassen jetty was next and i ran into the Snow Bunting.
Snow Bunting
Sunday morning i headed out to Iona and had some back-lit looks at the Short-eared Owl that i see on a regular basis, getting shots is a bit more difficult with this bird.
Picked off Western Meadowlark as well and ran into 4 or 5 of my new Nemesis bird - Common Snipe (still looking for my first shot of these guys).
Later i headed out to Strathcona Park and had a second go at the Western Scrub-jays.
After about an hour of waiting saw two of them but good looks were hard to come by.
While at Strathcona i got a call from one of my photog friends and he told me a Long-eared owl had been found at Boundary Bay and i rushed back, a Lifer is a bird you should always make an effort for and i was rewarded in the end (as were a bunch of other photogs and birders).
Long-eared Owl
For a guy that doesn't really go out of his way to shoot owls i just realized that this was my 11th North American owl species photographed, not bad for just under 5 years of birding
Thanks for looking
I feel i haven't been getting out enough and wanted to get some solid shooting done for a change and hopefully pick up a few of the "rare" birds i've chased unsuccessfully recently.
Saturday morning i headed out to Reifel first thing.
In the back of my mind i wondered if the Hawk-owl would be around but i didn't see it on the drive in and didn't worry to much about it since if i really wanted it i would have gone for it months ago.
Black-crowned Night-heron
Bewick's Wren
Wood Duck
Intergrade Flicker
After Reifel i headed out to the Harris's Sparrow spot in Boundary Bay for second time and was finally rewarded.
Mark Wynja was out looking as well and together we got brief looks at this difficult to photograph (at least at this location) bird.
1 shot was all i got.
Harris's Sparrow
Tsawassen jetty was next and i ran into the Snow Bunting.
Snow Bunting
Sunday morning i headed out to Iona and had some back-lit looks at the Short-eared Owl that i see on a regular basis, getting shots is a bit more difficult with this bird.
Picked off Western Meadowlark as well and ran into 4 or 5 of my new Nemesis bird - Common Snipe (still looking for my first shot of these guys).
Later i headed out to Strathcona Park and had a second go at the Western Scrub-jays.
After about an hour of waiting saw two of them but good looks were hard to come by.
While at Strathcona i got a call from one of my photog friends and he told me a Long-eared owl had been found at Boundary Bay and i rushed back, a Lifer is a bird you should always make an effort for and i was rewarded in the end (as were a bunch of other photogs and birders).
Long-eared Owl
For a guy that doesn't really go out of his way to shoot owls i just realized that this was my 11th North American owl species photographed, not bad for just under 5 years of birding
Thanks for looking
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