April 29, 2021

Hi Birders: Unfortunately, our stalwart leader Derrick, was unable to man the helm on the weekly Wild Goose Chase and Swan Count today. So I offered to pitch in along with Eric the dutiful driver and wife Dorothy, always sharp eyed for perching raptors whilst recording the accurate tallies for the day. On another threateningly…

    It was one of those days when the weather was not sure what it wanted to do, so we got a bit of everything except that white stuff, but there were many little piles left on our trip around today. It sure did feel more like spring as 8 counters headed out from…

Hi Birders This week saw eight eager birders turn up for the count and although the Goose numbers were normal we seem to have lost a large proportion of our Swans. The Ruddy Ducks on Somenos Lake were gone, hopefully back to Quamichan Lake. The Hawks suffered this week with low numbers for Red-tails and…

Wet brewer’s blackbird I really don’t know what to say about this week, although snow was not an issue as last week, this week we needed Noah on our team as the heavens opened, Barry commented that he had never known a a Wednesday when it rained right through the whole count. As usual some…

This year we had great weather with no rain or snow, the temperature early in the day was a little nippy but by mid-day had warmed up nicely. We had 118 species seen with some rare sightings. This is our highest species total since 2007. The Northern Mockingbird obliged by staying around for more than…

Hi Birders We were once again blessed with good weather and with seven participants we had to take two vehicles. Sheila took charge of clipboard , we wish her well on her trip to Cuba and hope she keeps tally of all the swans down there. Beside the car park at the doggy doo center…