Bountiful Birding at Iona Beach near YVR

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

Yellow-headed Blackbird at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR
Yellow-headed Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR
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 at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR
Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR
Tree Swallow


Tree Swallow

Turkey Vulture at Iona Beach Regional Park near YVR
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.