A Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicenis) hunting over a winter Raspberry field. Mountains in the background.
2019/02/28 | Categories: Abbotsford, Hawk, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, Buteo jamaicenis, Canes, Mountains, Nature, outdor, Raptor, Raspberry, Raspberry field, Red-tailed Hawk | 2 Comments
Here’s another rare visitor, to our garden anyway, a female Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) sitting on a branch just about one of our Sunflower seed feeders!
2019/02/13 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, Crossbill, Female, Loxia curvirostra, Nature, Outdoor, Red Crossbill | 4 Comments
An Anna’s Hummingbird
(Calypte anna) enjoys a stretch of his wings, just before taking off .
2018/10/10 | Categories: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
A proud male Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) in the Rose of Sharon Bush
2018/10/08 | Categories: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
The Dark-eyed Juncos ( Junco hyemalis) back! They go north for the Summer and then return here for the Winter.
2018/10/07 | Categories: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
A female House FInch (Carpodacus mexicanus) sitting in the Rose of Sharon Bush. She was keeping a sharp eye on something out there!
2018/09/21 | Categories: Aldergrove, House Finch, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, bush, Carpodacus mexicanus, Finch, House Finch, Nature, Outdoor, Rose of Sharon | 2 Comments
Here’s another shot of our old friend Scruffy the Stellar’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) It was in fine form today! Just raring for peanuts. It puts up quite a fuss when ignored!
2018/07/25 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Stellar's Jay, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, Corvid, Cyanocitta stelleri, Jay, Nature, Outdoor, Stellar's Jay | 2 Comments
Two European/Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) enjoy a bath on a warm Summer morning. The water was clear when they started!
2018/06/24 | Categories: Aldergrove, Starling, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, Birdbath, European or Common Starling, Nature, Outdoor, Sturnus vulgaris | 2 Comments
Here’s my buddy, we nickname it Scruffy! It’s a Stellar’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) and it’s sitting on the edge of a small fountain in our garden. It’s about 5 feet away from me and giving me the eye!
2018/06/22 | Categories: Aldergrove, Stellar's Jay, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, Corvid, Jay, Nature, Outdoor, Stellar's Jay | 4 Comments
Here’s a European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) about half a second before it flew away!
2018/06/20 | Categories: Aldergrove, Starling, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, European Starling, Nature, Outdoor | 2 Comments
… Cottontail that is! This cute little Bunny was eating the fresh grass in the ditch along the road.
2018/05/10 | Categories: Animals, Langley, Uncategorized | Tags: Animal, Cottontail Rabbit, Langley, Nature, Rabbit | 2 Comments
A Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) looking pretty in the sun
2018/04/26 | Categories: Aldergrove, Blackbird, Red Winged, Uncategorized | Tags: Agelaius phoeniceus, Bird, Nature, Oudoor, Red-winged Blackbird | 2 Comments
A Stellar’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is focused on the peanuts I put on the patio table. This is a new one as It wouldn’t come in while we were there! Old Scruffy would have been right in there!
2018/04/25 | Categories: Aldergrove, Stellar's Jay, Uncategorized | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Cyanocitta stelleri, Jay, Nature, Outdoor, Stellar's Jay | 2 Comments
A Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) perched in a Japanese Maple was singing it’s heart out! A great way to start the day!
2018/03/04 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Song Sparrow, Uncategorized | Tags: Aldergrove, Bird, Front garden, Japanese Maple, Melospiza melodia, Nature, Outdoor, Song Sparrow, Sparrow | 2 Comments
Here’s an archive shot from a couple of years back that I’ve always liked! A pair of Mallard drakes, Anas platyrhychos.
2018/02/20 | Categories: B.C., Birds, Mallards, Uncategorized | Tags: Anas platyrhychos, Bird, Dabbling Ducks, Duck, Mallards, Nature, Outdoor, reflection | 2 Comments
A Northern Pintail (Acer acuta) looking very handsome as he swims through some greenery on the water.
2018/01/19 | Categories: Birds, Duck, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, drake, Duck, male, Nature, Northern Pintail, Outdoor | 4 Comments
Another shot of the Hummer series. A female Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) catches the sun as she sits on a branch of our Butterfly bush.
2017/09/04 | Categories: Anna's Hummingbird, B.C., Birds, Hummer, Hummingbird, Uncategorized | Tags: Aldergrove, Anna's Hummingbird, Backyard, Bird, Butterfly bush, Female, Hummingbird, Nature | 6 Comments
A pair of American Goldfinch males, Spinus tristis, on the Niger Feeder. The whole yard was in shadow with the sun going down except for a beam of light, highlighting these two birds! It was quite amazing!
2017/07/11 | Categories: Birds, Finch, Goldfinch, Uncategorized | Tags: Aldergrove, American Goldfinch, Backyard, Bird, Finch, Nature | 4 Comments
This high key image is off a Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) on the branch of an Empress tree in our yard.
2017/05/19 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Uncategorized | Tags: Aldergrove, Bird, High Key, Nature | 5 Comments
What better way to wish everyone a Happy Easter than these Lovey Doves in a Cherry tree! Further from yesterdays post!
Happy Easter!
2017/04/17 | Categories: Uncategorized | 5 Comments
An American Coot dives just as the shutter clicks. I am very interested in time and water movement. This is a great example of both.
2017/04/02 | Categories: Birds, Uncategorized | Tags: American Coot, Coot, Ladner, Nature, Reifel, Splash | 4 Comments
A Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) in the bushes taking a break from trying to feed in the pouring rain. There are six subspecies of Junco, this one in an Oregon.
I love the hairdo this bird has! Wet feathers, what can one do!
2017/03/29 | Categories: Birds, Junco, Uncategorized | Tags: Aldergrove, B.C., Bird, bush, Dark-eyed Junco, Nature | 6 Comments
A Northern Shoveler (Anus clypeata) swimming with his reflection
2017/03/09 | Categories: Birds, Duck, Uncategorized | Tags: Bird, Dabbling Duck, Duck, Nature, reflection, Reifel | 6 Comments
