{"id":35465,"date":"2026-04-16T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35465"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:00:16","slug":"seven-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35465","title":{"rendered":"Seven migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bird watchers enthusiastically watch the migrants come and go. Here are seven this year.<\/p>\n<p>Trumpeter Swans come here on their way north to breed. Here are some on March 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35468\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trumpeterswans260301s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Charts show the G0lden-crowned Kinglet as being permanent here and migratory just north of us. That is not my experience. It seems to be migratory here. Taken Feb. 14<sup>th<\/sup>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35467\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goldencrownedkinglet260214s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Mountain Bluebird is here for a short time in the spring. This was taken April 6<sup>th<\/sup>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35474\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mountainbluebird260406as2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This male Western Bluebird was foraging in the Duncan-Lardeau Flats of northern Kootenay Lake. Photo on April 4<sup>th <\/sup>by Cynthia Fraser.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35483\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/westernbluebird20260404cf.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The female Western Bluebird hunts grubs with its mate. Photo on April 4<sup>th <\/sup>by Cynthia.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35484\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/westernbluebirdF20260404CCF.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"719\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turkey Vultures appear in late March but I usually see them first in April.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35466\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/turkeyvulture260412as2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This osprey with a headless fish was seen near Harrop on April 12<sup>th<\/sup>. Photo by Cynthia.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35469\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/osprey260412s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Others have seen both Rufous and Calliope Hummingbirds locally, but I have not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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. 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