I took a morning walk around Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC, today. The highlight was coming across this Red-tailed Hawk in Ron McLean Park.
Heron, Damselfly, Bee at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby, BC
Took a short photo ramble at Fraser Foreshore Park.
Great Blue Heron
Mating Damselflies
Red-Tailed Hawk Near Our Home
The Red-tailed Hawk family nested near our townhouse in Burnaby, BC, again this year. Nice to see them!
Massive Highland Valley Copper Mine Near Logan Lake
I passed the Highland Valley Copper Mine west of Logan Lake, BC, on my camping travels. Wow! It’s huge. . .
A mining truck and tire on display in Logan Lake
Steller’s Jay, Grouse, Douglas Squirrel at Manning Park
Spotted a grouse, a Steller’s Jay, and a Douglas Squirrel while camping in Manning Park.
Common Nighthawk in the BC Southern Interior
This was my first sighting of a Common Nighthawk. It was along highway 5A, but I don’t recall the exact spot.
Osprey, Eagle Fight Over Trout at Lac le Jeune, BC
It was exciting to see an Osprey take a trout at Lac le Jeune, near Kamloops, BC, and then have a Bald Eagle try to steal the fish!
It appears that neither ended up with sashimi this time!
There were lots of trout jumping for bugs in the evening. . .
Osprey, Waxwing, Flowers at One Mile Lake, Pemberton, BC
Happy to see the Osprey back at One Mile Lake near Pemberton, BC. Doubt if the fish is happy. . . 🙂
Osprey
Cedar Waxwing
Hummingbird, Eagle ’n More at Foreshore Park in Burnaby
Anna’s Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Cedar Waxwing
Male Wood Ducks
Female Wood Duck and ducklings
Tagged Swan Near Pemberton, BC
Saw this collared Swan off of the Lillooet Lake Bridge near Pemberton, BC.
I reported it to the Trumpeter Swan Society Swan Watch page.
When I first saw it off in the distance I thought it had gotten trapped in some garbage, but when I pulled out Big Bertha for some telephoto shots, I realized it was a tag. I searched online and learned that swans sometimes get such neck bands so that reseearchers can identify them from afar.
UPDATE:
Cool! I got a response from the swan society, and this is a bird that was injured or ill, rehabilitated, and released.
Thanks so much for your trumpeter watch report of swan K53.
As it is a gray swan, that means it hatched last summer.
The yellow collar indicates it is a swan that must have been injured or sick and was rescued by the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife sometime this last fall/winter after arrival in WA where it was spending the winter and was taken to the Whatcom Humane Society for rehab. It would have been released sometime this late winter- WDFW usually releases the rehabbed swans in February or so. I really appreciate your report- I’ll make sure WDFW knows of your sighting.