 I still see the occasional young Rufous (In 2019 my last sighting was September 10 )
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Though most of the local Hummingbirds are looking rather stressed and moulting plumage, the young of this year are coming into their own and strutting their stuff!
This young Anna's male is getting his adult feathers and I think he's discovered his MOJO! Happy Wednesday from Hummingbird Haven N Saanich! ... cheers TerryV    Looking up at the night sky ... A portion of the vast Milky Way Its been an amazing week observing Neowise and I feel somewhat starstruck. What a vast solar system we live in and all the stars and planets beyond are simply amazing! Thank you for looking, liking and thinking about where we live...So far this is the only planet we have.
Lets keep it ! ISS (International Space Station orbits across the 5 images above , passing behind the comet's tail!  A lot of folks have asked me how to see the comet .. It has faded a bit in the past several days. Darker sky is better, 11PM is ok, but midnite is better. Also a dark place away from lights of your house or town. Look into the NW sky and find the Big Dipper.. With some optics (even small binoculars) cast your gaze just below the Big Dipper's base ... voilla "Neowise"   cropped image @ 300 mm f/2.8    To the South in the night sky you will see 2 planets Saturn (top left) and the bright star like orb to its right is Jupiter. With bino's you can easily see 2 of it purported 79 moons!   Another take on NeoWise comet ..... Night sky in North Saanich  Lat nite around 12AM I watched the International Space Station glide across as I photographed the Neowise Comet .. Quite an evening!   A Blue Eyed Darner makes its way through the pond grass on a lunch run! A tiny elusive pond dweller (female Common Yellowthroat)  Blue Eyed Darner hovers Some local Blacktail deer coming across a hay field and down to the pond
A pair of sweet baby Great Horned Owls as seen Thursday evening in Sidney.. Over a km away from where i saw the other pair last month. Could these be the same owl kids???
The Bushtit family comes to the spa almost every day for a refreshing splash!
   Mom swings past to check the kids ... then gone in a flash!  I received a call today from good friends who sounded excited as they had found a hummingbird nest and saw movement from observing inside the house. I rushed over and my 2-1/2 hours (seems about standard) waiting for Mom to feed the kids was rewarded.! The images above are my fav stills shot from over 150 this morning. Below the slide show are 13 images which are screen prints taken from 2 videos ... So exciting ... My first ever Rufous nest find! Thank you Vincent, Joan and Robert!!! |
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March 2018 .. I just received notice that my blog has been awarded a distinction of being one of the top 100 photography blogs in Canada.
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