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Male Black-chinned
A few days ago, I posted a male Rufous Hummingbird (https://blog.kootenay-lake.ca/?p=35547). Since then, I have occasionally been visited by a male Black-chinned Hummingbird. Often, its gorget appears black and this hummer is just back and white. But when it … Continue reading
Early chicks
Some birds breed earlier than others. Here are two early birds: Canada Geese and Bald Eagles. Ospreys have yet to produce chicks and Robins are just building nests. These chicks of the Canada Goose were observed mid-April. Many have … Continue reading
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Rufous male
I have been watching for the other hummingbirds that we have had in the past. Alas, nothing but the Rufous Hummingbird photographed so far. But, to my surprise, today I got a nice shot of the rufous male. Its … Continue reading
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Eagle, Osprey, fish
Most Bald Eagles are here year round and so they start breeding early. This one already has a family of three chicks. It feeds them largely on fish. However, the Osprey is a seasonal migrant and has recently arrived … Continue reading
Acrobatic Osprey mating
Kootenay Lake has a high proportion of Ospreys and for the next month they will be mating. Normally, it is a fairly orderly affair where the male flies in and descends onto the back of the female as … Continue reading
Waneta birds
Last Saturday, I went to Waneta to do birding with a small group led by Paul Prappas and Carolee Colter. It was frustrating and exhilarating. Frustrating because the birds they were viewing were almost always small and distant and … Continue reading
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Rufous Hummingbird
A week or so ago, Rufous and Calliope Hummingbirds were observed in Nelson, so out went our feeders. A week went by and then I only saw a fleeting rufous and a fleeting calliope and then nothing till today … Continue reading
Catchup females
Recently, I posted two male migrants: a male Mountain Bluebird and a male Wood Duck. I have just managed to photograph the females of the species also. Both look somewhat different than the males. Here is the female Mountain … Continue reading
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Two more migrants
In two days we have seen two nice migrants: a couple of Killdeer, and a Wood Duck. Yesterday we watched a Killdeer come in to land. It joined another and hobnobbed, but as long as we watched, they did … Continue reading
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Seven migrants
Bird watchers enthusiastically watch the migrants come and go. Here are seven this year. Trumpeter Swans come here on their way north to breed. Here are some on March 1st. Charts show the G0lden-crowned Kinglet as being permanent here … Continue reading
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