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A male Anna's Hummingbird (in midst of Summer moult) samples the Salvia flowers!
A young male Anna's Hummingbird sings from a sparse branch of Grand Fir off the deck! Looks like for now he is the new deck boss!
Above .. Mom flies in with a fresh fish lunch! Below .. The tangle of kids make crazy sounds in anticipation of lunchtime!   Won't be long before these 2 leave their nest
 Bright and sassy male Rufous .. these guys are now heading South! Safe travels little friends .. Can't wait till you return next March!!!!!  Lovely female Rufous here... The females and young of this year will follow the males in migration Southward over the next few weeks. Over the past couple years I have had a few young males stay here untill September but not many around this year!
  Today's Heron nesting Colony visit made me realize that there are certainly several different ages and stages of Baby Heron's residing in the treetops.
When the people from North Saanich Marina decided to cut down trees surrounding these nests they scared off the birds. For a while we thought that they had abandoned them completely. Who likes a chainsaw ripping down your wind cover??? Anyway, some of the herons were looking fairly advanced and nearing fledge today and others were very young and small, so parent Herons must have decided to return and try nesting again after being chased away. I do hope that these trees and nests remain there as they are a unique part of our Peninsula and do not deserved to be flattened in the name of "progress" This slender Hawk is a lookalike to a Coopers Hawk but much thinner features and very different vocals. He hame ripping in last evening while I was visiting with my resident Barred Owl, Gracie. The robins were going psycho like they do around Owls and the Sharp Shin added to the ruckus! Mind you with his arrival the robins vanished. The verbal assault lasted about 5 minutes and 2 different arrivals. These Hawks sure don't like the competition around! Meanwhile Gracie made cooing sounds and tried to sleep :)))  Hello guy with a camera!! The Robins and Hawk sure are annoying but I am getting use to your loud camera clicks! :))  Hairy Woodpeckers ... Father feeding Son
 Great Horned Owl shot from this morning through branches  This morning I heard a very odd clicking sound out back.. It was not quite familiar to my ears so I looked out into the trees and spotted 2 Ravens. They were vocalizing, hopping about and also making this loud click sound. I grabbed my camera and headed out but they had gone. As I approached the tree where they had been sitting, I saw and heard Robins calling their distress chirps. Suddenly I saw a large dark toned bird fly out and land in another nearby tree. I spotted this Great Horned Owl but only managed a few poor shots through branches before she took off. Later this afternoon , I again heard the Robins and went out looking, only to find this beautiful Owl sitting on a broken branch alongside a large Fir tree. She allowed me a few hasty handheld shots before once again heading for better cover.      Hummingbird??? What Hummingbird?  The Ospreys have returned and waste no time establishing nests and territories that they will defend from all adversity.  Spring migration brought us some beautiful White Fronted Geese to the Peninsula. They were enjoying a rest and stretching wings alongside the Canada Geese by the pond.
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