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           Spring Fever    or    Bufflehead love!

27/2/2017

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"LoveBoat"
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14 hour Hydro failure.. Late Blog today.. more this afternoon! 

24/2/2017

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Migrating Pacific Brant along  a local beach  

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February 23 ... Lets build a nest!

23/2/2017

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Natve Red Squrrel & Varied Thrush's  (backyard buds)

16/2/2017

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Varied Thrush in early morning light

15/2/2017

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Spring in the air today!!! 

13/2/2017

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White Fronted geese 

10/2/2017

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Rain on Snow today(Varied Thrush) + a Skylark! 

9/2/2017

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As the rain fell today on yesterdays snow, the birds came out in droves! Hungry creatures and this colourful Varied Thrush is generally very shy, but today they let me take photos! 
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One of the last of a handful of British transplants to Vancouver Island in the 1940's.  This Skylark was found today  by avid birder Jody Wells .. Thanks Jody for the tip and the ID .. I would not have known this one to be  a rare bird.. Jody knows his birds!!! 
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Savannah Sparrow ,,, Here is another one I learned today .. Relatively common small Sparrow.
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February 08th, 2017

8/2/2017

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Sunshine on  windblown snow 

7/2/2017

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More sNoooooow today!!!

6/2/2017

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Sleet then Snow this afternoon 

5/2/2017

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Swan Family in February flurries.
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Great Blue Heron hunts field critters
Photos above show a field of American Wigeon and a Great Blue Heron in Central Saanich today.  Wet windy weather turns to sleet , then snow... brrr!
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Snow then Rain for Sir "A" 

4/2/2017

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Saanich Peninsula Goose Slam ( 6 species today) 

2/2/2017

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Actually I spotted 7 species of Geese this day ... Canada geese(Dusky, Cackling, Greater) Pink Footed, White Front, Snows, and pictured above Pacific Brant! 
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The Chocolate brown geese are a Canada Goose subspecies called DUSKY
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RARE... RARE birds ... Pink Footed Geese 

1/2/2017

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These super uncommon geese arrived to the Saanich Peninsula a few days ago.  Avid birders are flocking out to Central Saanich to get a glimpse of these birds that hail from Iceland!  Why they are here is quite a matter of speculation ... as they both declined to be interviewed  :))  .. I was happy to get to see them at all today , and want to thank Tom Michell and Ann Nightingale  for directing me to these rarities.  As I understand  this is only the second ever sighting of these geese on the Pacific Coast ... Remarkable!  
***  NOTE .. sorry about the image quality but 2 hours watching these birds from a long ways off and attempting to photograph them basically towards the afternoon sun.. I was happy to get anything recognizable.  If they stick around at all..I'll try for better shots ! 
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Sir A on a chilly , windy Feb 1st morn! 

1/2/2017

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