I spent several happy hours at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR this morning.

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird
This tag team of a Yellow-headed Blackbird and a Red-winged Blackbird tried to steal my lunch! As I was marveling at the Yellow-head, the Red-winged zoomed by and took a chunk out of the sandwich in my hand!
Brazen daylight mugging! ![]()

Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

Turkey Vulture
I also ran across some Wild Research folks. I dropped by to say “Hi!” because I recently became a member and would like to try bird banding with them some day.