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Osprey interloper
It was a calm time for the nesting osprey. The female was sitting on unseen eggs and occasionally turning them over, and the male went out hunting for a fish for his partner. Then, an interloper came by. The … Continue reading
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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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