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December 2017

Bald Eagle Hummingbird

Mountain Bluebird Vermillion Flycatcher

Part time nature and landscape photographer, Rod Miller, took these great bird photos at various locations in BC and the States.

Bald Eagle, Brackendale BC (top, left); Hummingbird, Madera Canyon AZ (top, right).

Vermillion Flycatcher, Patagonia Lake AZ (bottom, left); Mountain Bluebird, Grand Tetons National Park WY (bottom, right).

 

November 2017

Clark's Nutcracker Clark's Nutcracker

Judy Crowston spotted this Clark's Nutcracker in Squamish.

October 2017

Bobcat Bobcat

This Bobcat showed up in Connie Posen's backyard around twilight and stayed long enough for her to snap a few photos!

 

Barred Owl Douglas Squirrel

A couple of recent sightings near the store. A Barred Owl (left) was found snacking on a rat behind the dumpster and a Douglas Squirrel (right) inspects our seed delivery.

 

Douglas Squirrel

Douglas Squirrel wasn't busted by Marie Pringle's Squirrel Buster peanut feeder! That's ok because this is our native squirrel species.

 

Hummingbird Nest Hummingbird Nest

Osprey Nest Osprey Nest

Melinda Straight has some lovely photos of two very different nests. The photos were taken back in August of 2016 North of Gold Bridge, BC.

Hummingbird Nest (top row); Osprey Nest (bottom row).

 

Cable System Cable System

Some more photos of Ben Clifford's cable system for hanging his bird feeders.

 

Squirrel in Suet Feeder Squirrel in Suet Feeder

This Easten Grey Squirrel has found a way inside Harold March's squirrel-proof suet feeder. Although, this feeder has seen better days and has even survived being squashed possibly by a bear.

 

September 2017

Spotted Towhee

This leucistic Spotted Towhee was spotted by Eve Geulen. It has been showing up at her feeder since June!

Read here for more info on the difference between leucism and albinism.

 

August 2017

Northern Flicker Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker Northern Flicker

Elaine Smith has a Northern Flicker dad teaching his young how to eat peanuts at her peanut feeder!

 

July 2017

Towhee Nest

Lesley Roper found this possible Spotted Towhee nest in a hedge right in her yard!

 

June 2017

American Goldfinch Anna's Hummingbird

Black-Capped Chickadee Bushtit

Downy Woodpecker Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Northern Flicker Northern Flicker

Pine Siskin Rufous Hummingbird

This wonderful selection of birds were photographed by Elaine Smith in her backyard in Coquitlam. There she has a birdbath, a squirrel-proof feeder full of medium chips, and lots of trees and flowers for the birds.
American Goldfinch (top, left); Anna's Hummingbird collecting dog hair (top, right).
Black-capped Chickadee (2nd row, left); Bushtits (2nd row, right).
Downy Woodpecker (3rd row, left); Golden-crowned Sparrow (3rd row, right).
Northern Flicker (4th row).
Pine Siskin (bottom, left); Rufous Hummingbird (bottom, right).

 

April 2017

Great Blue Heron Canada Goose

Donna Butler took this photo of a Great Blue Heron (left) in Southlands as well as this photo of a mother Canada Goose and her goslings (right) at 100 Mile House.

 

March 2017

Anna's Hummingbird

This 'herd' of Anna's Hummingbirds visited Stephen Lees' feeders back in December. His feeder was so busy that he had to add a second one!

 

Cooper's Hawk Cooper's Hawk

Debbie Martin had this Cooper's Hawk hanging around in her yard in North Vancouver

 

February 2017 

Varied Thrush European Starling

More birds in snow! This Varied Thrush (left) and European Starling (right) were photographed by Phillip Knight

 

Anna's Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird

Patsy Pollak had a regular visitor in this Anna's Hummingbird, even in the snow!

 

January 2017

Black-Capped Chickadee Bushtit

Chestnut-Backed Chickadee Dark-Eyed Junco

Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker

Eric Habisch has a nice selection of birds visiting his backyard feeders.
Black-capped Chickadee (top, left); Bushtits (top, right).
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (middle, left); Dark-eyed Junco (middle, right).
Downy Woodpecker (bottom, left); Northern Flicker (bottom, right).

 

Cable System

Cable System Cable System

Ben Clifford set up this cable system to hang his bird feeders out of the reach of bears in his yard. To do so he used a braided stainless steel downrigger line, approximately 10m long an with a turnbuckle at one end. He also used standard downrigger hardware to position the feeders without kinking the line. Obviously his birds don't seem to mind the new setup one bit!