A trip to Pat Bay + Roberts Bay

Todays photo adventure gave me a new star (or group of stars... The American Wigeon...well, I suppose these are Canadian Wigeon  :)) ... I never checked their passports!  A very common duck around North Saanich that enjoys the shallow  ebb tides in some local waters as these ones were today @ Roberts Bay in Sidney.  They were quite enjoying the local vegetarian fare including eel grass and some kind of fine kelp like noodles! :)
 Wigeon have a very distinctive whistling sound, not a quack.  The males (like the one above) have a lovely irridescent crescent on the side of their head and a white/ cream top with a pale blue bill  and gorgeous mottled body feathers.
Females are equally as beautiful with their slightly more subdued colouration.

Below are 3 of todays photos of the little molting Anna's hummingbird ,3 of a Kingfisher @ Pat Bay , then 3 more of our wintering Surf Scoters, a G B Heron, then lots of Wigeon and a couple photos of  local Common Crows.  Such fun!!!  ...

​ All the best... Terry :)